Meaning not yet researched.
Lawrence: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 578 in 2025. Its best rank was #30 in 1945.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #30 in 1945; #520 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Lawrence in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#520 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1945, at #30.
Hover, tap or use the arrow keys for any year. Years with fewer than five babies of a sex are not published by SSA and show as zero.
Lawrence: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 578 boys in 2025. Peak: #30 in 1945 · most boys in one year: 10,302 (1952).
In 2025, 578 US boys were named Lawrence, making it the 520th most common boys’ name of the year, down 12 places from #508 in 2024. That is 22 fewer than the 600 boys named Lawrence in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #30, reached in 1945. The most boys given the name in a single year was 10,302, in 1952. For comparison, it was #499 in 2015 and #33 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lawrence in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 257 babies with the name. In all, 463,357 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 91,386 babies named Lawrence.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,532 US boys were named Lawrence; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 614. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,955 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lawrence ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #267 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Larry (811,148 babies since 1880), Lorenzo (86,066 babies since 1880), Laurence (40,215 babies since 1880) and Lauri (11,246 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Laurance, Lorenz and Laurens are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Larry, Lawrie, Lon, Lonny, Lorne and Lorry.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Laurance (1,937), Lorenz (1,754), Laurens (150), Lawrie (130), Lawrenc (26), Lasse (6).
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 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 22 | #267 | #297 |
| Iowa | 15 | #272 | — |
| South Dakota | 5 | #284 | — |
| Kansas | 13 | #286 | #493 |
| Michigan | 25 | #359 | #384 |
| Missouri | 18 | #361 | #639 |
| Nebraska | 7 | #364 | — |
| Colorado | 17 | #376 | #617 |
| Indiana | 18 | #402 | #973 |
| Ohio | 25 | #431 | #485 |
| Washington | 17 | #435 | #553 |
| Utah | 10 | #456 | #728 |
| Idaho | 5 | #464 | — |
| New York | 36 | #466 | #389 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #470 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #471 | #637 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #492 | #428 |
| Maryland | 10 | #496 | #406 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #531 | #386 |
| California | 57 | #539 | #396 |
| Virginia | 14 | #543 | #456 |
| Arizona | 13 | #547 | #650 |
| Nevada | 5 | #561 | #424 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #568 | #403 |
| Oregon | 6 | #569 | #603 |
| Texas | 51 | #605 | #638 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #605 | — |
| Alabama | 8 | #606 | #401 |
| Georgia | 15 | #665 | #692 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #677 | #655 |
| Florida | 21 | #739 | #502 |
| New Jersey | 9 | #741 | #605 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #747 | #742 |
| Illinois | 11 | #782 | #442 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #881 | #523 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #894 | #538 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,616 | 578 | #520 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,287 | 600 | #508 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,764 | 521 | #558 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,663 | 541 | #550 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,758 | 484 | #580 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,962 | 498 | #563 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,804 | 530 | #535 |
| 2018 | — | — | 579 | #498 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,309 | 587 | #494 |
| 2016 | — | — | 614 | #493 |
| 2015 | — | — | 582 | #499 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,715 | 639 | #460 |
| 2013 | — | — | 585 | #476 |
| 2012 | — | — | 601 | #452 |
| 2011 | — | — | 595 | #453 |
| 2010 | — | — | 583 | #457 |
| 2009 | — | — | 636 | #441 |
| 2008 | — | — | 676 | #429 |
| 2007 | — | — | 772 | #392 |
| 2006 | — | — | 728 | #406 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,490 | 725 | #395 |
| 2004 | — | — | 768 | #362 |
| 2003 | — | — | 817 | #341 |
| 2002 | — | — | 794 | #345 |
| 2001 | — | — | 811 | #340 |
| 2000 | — | — | 889 | #322 |
| 1999 | — | — | 918 | #311 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,040 | #277 |
| 1997 | — | — | 983 | #285 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,262 | 1,116 | #256 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,150 | #248 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,700 | 1,268 | #236 |
| 1993 | — | — | 1,551 | #196 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,151 | 1,616 | #193 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,823 | 1,734 | #181 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,629 | 1,780 | #174 |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,000 | 1,753 | #173 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,763 | 1,861 | #150 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,063 | 1,899 | #146 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,706 | 1,789 | #151 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,213 | 1,941 | #144 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,870 | 1,868 | #143 |
| 1983 | 19 | #4,039 | 2,027 | #132 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,446 | 2,134 | #128 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,802 | 2,193 | #125 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,074 | 2,173 | #129 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,724 | 2,255 | #122 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,055 | 2,245 | #113 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,694 | 2,311 | #115 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,356 | 2,250 | #113 |
| 1975 | 24 | #3,010 | 2,364 | #110 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,265 | 2,543 | #100 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,791 | 2,524 | #104 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,944 | 2,823 | #101 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,774 | 3,523 | #85 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,484 | 3,824 | #83 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,427 | 4,044 | #71 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,246 | 4,098 | #67 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,149 | 4,341 | #67 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,226 | 4,644 | #66 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,575 | 4,961 | #66 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,633 | 5,453 | #68 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,517 | 5,708 | #68 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,239 | 5,619 | #70 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,333 | 6,094 | #67 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,274 | 6,380 | #64 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,937 | 6,601 | #62 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,141 | 7,539 | #52 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,045 | 8,741 | #46 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,028 | 8,898 | #42 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,253 | 9,128 | #42 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,106 | 9,606 | #39 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,989 | 9,856 | #37 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,698 | 10,302 | #35 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,160 | 10,266 | #33 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,028 | 10,173 | #33 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,990 | 10,253 | #32 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,920 | 9,768 | #31 |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,069 | 9,582 | #32 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,056 | 8,517 | #31 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,775 | 7,163 | #30 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,446 | 7,130 | #32 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,867 | 7,583 | #32 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,426 | 7,639 | #30 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,462 | 6,653 | #34 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,616 | 6,173 | #36 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,390 | 5,882 | #36 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,528 | 5,873 | #36 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,558 | 5,507 | #38 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,619 | 5,339 | #37 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,401 | 5,351 | #35 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,498 | 5,324 | #34 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,343 | 4,911 | #38 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,363 | 5,295 | #35 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,357 | 5,364 | #38 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,389 | 5,639 | #36 |
| 1929 | 30 | #1,405 | 5,305 | #38 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,172 | 5,597 | #38 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,166 | 5,572 | #37 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,253 | 5,582 | #36 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,673 | 5,633 | #36 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,788 | 5,775 | #36 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,617 | 5,913 | #36 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,866 | 5,786 | #36 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,456 | 5,977 | #37 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,855 | 5,727 | #36 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,585 | 5,205 | #38 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,348 | 5,372 | #38 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,683 | 5,094 | #36 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,080 | 4,742 | #38 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,353 | 4,688 | #37 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,467 | 3,703 | #35 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,435 | 2,853 | #35 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,056 | 2,467 | #38 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,600 | 1,221 | #37 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,853 | 1,009 | #35 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,677 | 854 | #35 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,980 | 815 | #35 |
| 1907 | — | — | 801 | #34 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,845 | 717 | #36 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,485 | 669 | #38 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,028 | 662 | #38 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,170 | 536 | #43 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,710 | 598 | #37 |
| 1901 | — | — | 535 | #37 |
| 1900 | — | — | 659 | #40 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,731 | 497 | #40 |
| 1898 | — | — | 533 | #44 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,327 | 505 | #41 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,361 | 499 | #46 |
| 1895 | — | — | 509 | #41 |
| 1894 | — | — | 430 | #49 |
| 1893 | — | — | 395 | #51 |
| 1892 | — | — | 468 | #44 |
| 1891 | — | — | 389 | #46 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,278 | 372 | #52 |
| 1889 | — | — | 342 | #56 |
| 1888 | — | — | 343 | #61 |
| 1887 | — | — | 283 | #60 |
| 1886 | — | — | 331 | #57 |
| 1885 | — | — | 288 | #64 |
| 1884 | — | — | 262 | #71 |
| 1883 | — | — | 282 | #61 |
| 1882 | — | — | 287 | #63 |
| 1881 | — | — | 244 | #66 |
| 1880 | — | — | 257 | #65 |
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).