Unisex name · since 1948
Lawren
Lawren has 1,098 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,171 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,098
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lawren currently ranks #15171 among unisex names in America, with 1,098 babies recorded since 1948.
Lawren has 1,098 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15171 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #7,035 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,171 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,098 born since 1948
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lawren ranks #7,035 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,171 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,098 born since 1948, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,171 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,098
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lawren's 1,098 recorded births place it above 90.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lawren compares
1,098 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lawren's all-time total is 192% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lawren | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,098 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lawren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lawren's full recorded timeline at 1998, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lawren popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Lawren popularity over time - boys
59 total births recorded since 1960 (Lawren as boys' name)
Lawren by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (279 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Lawren's strongest decade.
279 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Lawren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 54
1970s
54 births
- 1980s
1980s
279 births
- 1990s
1990s
269 births
- 2000s
2000s
249 births
- 2010s
2010s
179 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 279 births (25% of all-time use).
How Lawren compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lawren's total volume
Lawren by state
Where Lawren concentrates geographically, total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
35 of 1,098 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Lawren's data
- Lawren's decade-level peak was the 1980s (279 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lawrens (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lawren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Lawren 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.