Boys' name · since 1885
Laurance
1,932 babies named Laurance in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,384 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,932
- born since 1885
- 1940s
- peak decade
Laurance is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 1,932 have been recorded since 1885.
Laurance has 1,932 recorded births among boys since 1885, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1885 to 2011.
- #3,384 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 1,932 born since 1885
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laurance ranks #3,384 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,932 born since 1885, peaking in the 1940s.
- #3,384 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,932
- born since 1885
- 1940s
- peak decade
Laurance's 1,932 recorded births place it above 92.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Laurance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laurance splits its recorded history at 1953: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1956 peak of 47 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laurance popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1885–2011
- Peak year (1956)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 127 years of records
Laurance popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1961 (Laurance as girls' name)
Laurance by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (368 births, 19% of the file).
1940s was Laurance's strongest decade.
368 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Laurance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7
1880s
7 births
- 1900s 21
1900s
21 births
- 1910s
1910s
151 births
- 1920s
1920s
252 births
- 1930s
1930s
251 births
- 1940s
1940s
368 births
- 1950s
1950s
362 births
- 1960s
1960s
220 births
- 1970s 107
1970s
107 births
- 1980s 107
1980s
107 births
- 1990s 66
1990s
66 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 368 births (19% of all-time use).
How Laurance compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Laurance's total volume
Laurance by state
Where Laurance concentrates geographically, total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 74 | 3.8% |
| #2 | California | | 69 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
74 of 1,932 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Laurance's decade-level peak was the 1940s (368 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Laurances (74 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laurance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~126 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1885–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Laurance draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.