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Laurence: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 93 in 2025. Its best rank was #201 in 1898.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #201 in 1898; #1,747 in 2025. About 95% of babies named Laurence in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,747 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1898, at #201.
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Laurence: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 93 boys in 2025. Peak: #201 in 1898 · most boys in one year: 845 (1952).
In 2025, 93 US boys were named Laurence, making it the 1,747th most common boys’ name of the year, up 435 places from #2,182 in 2024. That is 26 more than the 67 boys named Laurence in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #201, reached in 1898. The most boys given the name in a single year was 845, in 1952. For comparison, it was #2,249 in 2015 and #227 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Laurence in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 25 babies with the name. In all, 40,215 US babies have been given the name, 1.2% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 6,918 babies named Laurence.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 666 US boys were named Laurence; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 93. In 2025 that was about 1 in 18,366 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Laurence ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #1,083 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lawrence (463,357 babies since 1880), Lorenzo (86,066 babies since 1880) and Lars (7,035 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Larence and Larance are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Larry, Lon, Lonny, Lorne and Lorry.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Larence (1,096), Larance (171).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 5 | #1,083 | — |
| California | 9 | #1,762 | #1,708 |
| New York | 5 | #1,929 | — |
| Texas | 8 | #2,013 | #2,599 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,263 | 93 | #1,747 |
| 2024 | — | — | 67 | #2,182 |
| 2023 | — | — | 68 | #2,140 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,657 | 54 | #2,543 |
| 2021 | 5 | #16,640 | 62 | #2,265 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,890 | 72 | #1,990 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,946 | 61 | #2,278 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,865 | 61 | #2,250 |
| 2017 | — | — | 72 | #1,991 |
| 2016 | — | — | 56 | #2,355 |
| 2015 | — | — | 60 | #2,249 |
| 2014 | — | — | 59 | #2,264 |
| 2013 | — | — | 45 | #2,648 |
| 2012 | — | — | 51 | #2,470 |
| 2011 | — | — | 48 | #2,572 |
| 2010 | — | — | 41 | #2,901 |
| 2009 | — | — | 56 | #2,337 |
| 2008 | — | — | 53 | #2,419 |
| 2007 | — | — | 55 | #2,357 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,816 | 71 | #1,905 |
| 2005 | — | — | 61 | #2,051 |
| 2004 | — | — | 71 | #1,774 |
| 2003 | — | — | 81 | #1,575 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,971 | 74 | #1,627 |
| 2001 | — | — | 68 | #1,704 |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,186 | 71 | #1,649 |
| 1999 | — | — | 86 | #1,380 |
| 1998 | — | — | 97 | #1,257 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,024 | 91 | #1,269 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,794 | 109 | #1,104 |
| 1995 | — | — | 124 | #998 |
| 1994 | — | — | 103 | #1,114 |
| 1993 | — | — | 101 | #1,121 |
| 1992 | — | — | 124 | #971 |
| 1991 | — | — | 116 | #996 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,626 | 122 | #936 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,340 | 145 | #828 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,839 | 106 | #932 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,348 | 115 | #873 |
| 1986 | — | — | 119 | #831 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,634 | 138 | #759 |
| 1984 | — | — | 153 | #707 |
| 1983 | — | — | 134 | #748 |
| 1982 | — | — | 164 | #679 |
| 1981 | — | — | 167 | #668 |
| 1980 | — | — | 161 | #683 |
| 1979 | — | — | 152 | #695 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,171 | 139 | #714 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,089 | 158 | #674 |
| 1976 | — | — | 174 | #622 |
| 1975 | — | — | 179 | #608 |
| 1974 | — | — | 184 | #588 |
| 1973 | — | — | 204 | #554 |
| 1972 | — | — | 214 | #543 |
| 1971 | — | — | 231 | #529 |
| 1970 | — | — | 303 | #466 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,063 | 302 | #448 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,962 | 321 | #429 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,221 | 348 | #407 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,122 | 350 | #406 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,178 | 364 | #411 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,764 | 456 | #364 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,619 | 503 | #346 |
| 1962 | — | — | 519 | #342 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,894 | 540 | #338 |
| 1960 | — | — | 513 | #344 |
| 1959 | — | — | 518 | #341 |
| 1958 | — | — | 541 | #331 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,599 | 607 | #308 |
| 1956 | — | — | 651 | #288 |
| 1955 | — | — | 641 | #284 |
| 1954 | — | — | 709 | #264 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,816 | 748 | #250 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,468 | 845 | #231 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,154 | 822 | #229 |
| 1950 | — | — | 807 | #227 |
| 1949 | — | — | 802 | #226 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,967 | 768 | #233 |
| 1947 | — | — | 778 | #232 |
| 1946 | — | — | 708 | #224 |
| 1945 | — | — | 591 | #227 |
| 1944 | — | — | 581 | #233 |
| 1943 | — | — | 648 | #225 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,009 | 666 | #219 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,756 | 524 | #244 |
| 1940 | — | — | 604 | #211 |
| 1939 | — | — | 549 | #220 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,096 | 478 | #246 |
| 1937 | — | — | 448 | #254 |
| 1936 | — | — | 432 | #258 |
| 1935 | — | — | 427 | #261 |
| 1934 | — | — | 489 | #236 |
| 1933 | — | — | 426 | #255 |
| 1932 | — | — | 479 | #244 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,363 | 518 | #228 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,870 | 562 | #226 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,342 | 586 | #217 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,696 | 573 | #229 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,569 | 583 | #228 |
| 1926 | — | — | 610 | #221 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,155 | 551 | #239 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,767 | 575 | #238 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,182 | 543 | #241 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,883 | 580 | #230 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,049 | 599 | #223 |
| 1920 | 11 | #3,004 | 550 | #228 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,202 | 531 | #227 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,138 | 557 | #222 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,532 | 495 | #222 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,152 | 470 | #227 |
| 1915 | 9 | #3,010 | 462 | #222 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,924 | 379 | #214 |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,025 | 314 | #209 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,805 | 271 | #204 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,080 | 121 | #233 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,699 | 114 | #219 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,382 | 89 | #234 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,976 | 91 | #217 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,947 | 78 | #230 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,490 | 81 | #218 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,088 | 77 | #218 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,566 | 73 | #217 |
| 1903 | — | — | 77 | #202 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,707 | 71 | #212 |
| 1901 | — | — | 60 | #224 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,079 | 81 | #220 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,237 | 63 | #209 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,216 | 74 | #201 |
| 1897 | — | — | 69 | #206 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,718 | 59 | #236 |
| 1895 | — | — | 58 | #232 |
| 1894 | — | — | 46 | #258 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,536 | 53 | #237 |
| 1892 | — | — | 45 | #268 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,153 | 39 | #258 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,426 | 42 | #268 |
| 1889 | — | — | 32 | #308 |
| 1888 | — | — | 38 | #287 |
| 1887 | — | — | 28 | #315 |
| 1886 | — | — | 43 | #261 |
| 1885 | — | — | 33 | #293 |
| 1884 | — | — | 24 | #366 |
| 1883 | — | — | 28 | #315 |
| 1882 | — | — | 24 | #368 |
| 1881 | — | — | 28 | #310 |
| 1880 | — | — | 25 | #347 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).