Boys' name · since 1915
Laurens
150 babies named Laurens in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,757 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 150
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Laurens is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 150 have been recorded since 1915.
Laurens has 150 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2005.
- #14,757 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 150 born since 1915
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laurens ranks #14,757 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 150 born since 1915, peaking in the 1950s.
- #14,757 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 150
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Laurens's 150 recorded births place it above 67.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laurens's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laurens splits its recorded history at 1953: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1942 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laurens popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2005
- Peak year (1942)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Laurens by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (34 births, 23% of the file).
1950s was Laurens's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Laurens births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
33 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
34 births
- 1960s
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 34 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Laurens's decade-level peak was the 1950s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laurens: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~90 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, 1915–2005 (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 Laurens 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.