first name
LAURENCE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,752 people named Laurence, 79.2% reported their origin as White, 9.7% as Black and 4.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 94.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Laurence peaked in 1952, when 856 babies got the name.
At least 40,215 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Laurence by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #492. The largest share of babies named Laurence, 31.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Laurence is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Laurence has been most common in Maine (3.6×), Massachusetts (2.9×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Alabama (0.07×).
32,748 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 Laurence
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Laurence, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Laurence ranks #10,856 of 156,621, with 2,803 people. See Laurence as a last name
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