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Lawrence

Pronounced /ˈlɔɹəns/

Rank in 2024
#510
Born in 2024
596
Peak year
1952 · #35
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:11 in 2024 (#9,188)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 596 boys were named Lawrence, about 1 in every 2,878.
  • It peaked in 1952 with 10,302 babies, ranked #35.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 460,585 boys have been named Lawrence since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Lawrence per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 5.3
    Greatest
  2. 5.2
    Silent
  3. 4.2
    Boomers
  4. 1.9
    Gen X
  5. 0.9
    Millennials
  6. 0.4
    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 88,506 babies, 5.29 per 1,000. Silent: 107,727 babies, 5.22 per 1,000. Boomers: 158,482 babies, 4.22 per 1,000. Gen X: 50,924 babies, 1.87 per 1,000. Millennials: 27,682 babies, 0.91 per 1,000. Gen Z: 12,333 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,756 babies, 0.31 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

See Laurence.

  • A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ˈlɔɹəns/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Lawrence, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Lawerence

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19492024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Lawrance

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19502024