Laurance — boys' name

What the Data Says About Laurance

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,932 babies named Laurance between 1885 and 2011, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Laurance currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laurance performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 368 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Laurance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Laurance in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laurance in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,932 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.