first name
LAUREN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 449,365 people named Lauren, 81% reported their origin as White, 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% as Black. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lauren peaked in 1989, when 21,199 babies got the name.
At least 481,395 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lauren by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #39. The largest share of babies named Lauren, 52.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lauren is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lauren has been most common in Delaware (1.9×), New Jersey (1.5×), and Connecticut (1.5×), and least common in West Virginia (0.43×).
475,936 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lauren
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lauren, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lauren ranks #27,401 of 156,621, with 932 people. See Lauren as a last name
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