Lawrence
Lawrence was given to 578 boys in 2025, #520 among boys’ names; 463,357 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 216,000 Americans named Lawrence and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 49 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lawrence by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lawrence mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lawrence is “a male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren”
/ˈlɔɹəns/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lawrence?
#520 among boys’ names, 2025
Lawrence fell from #499 in 2015 to #520 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 0.30 to 0.34 per 1,000.
10,336 babies in 1952, the peak
Lawrence peaked in 1952, when 10,336 babies were given it (10,302 boys, #35 among boys’ names). The 585 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 578 | #520 | 0.34 |
| 2024 | 600 | #508 | 0.35 |
| 2023 | 521 | #558 | 0.30 |
| 2022 | 541 | #550 | 0.31 |
| 2021 | 484 | #580 | 0.28 |
| 2020 | 498 | #563 | 0.29 |
| 2019 | 530 | #535 | 0.30 |
| 2018 | 579 | #498 | 0.32 |
| 2017 | 587 | #494 | 0.32 |
| 2016 | 614 | #493 | 0.32 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 582 | #499 | 0.30 |
| 2014 | 639 | #460 | 0.33 |
| 2013 | 585 | #476 | 0.31 |
| 2012 | 601 | #452 | 0.32 |
| 2011 | 595 | #453 | 0.31 |
| 2010 | 583 | #457 | 0.30 |
| 2009 | 636 | #441 | 0.32 |
| 2008 | 676 | #429 | 0.33 |
| 2007 | 772 | #392 | 0.37 |
| 2006 | 728 | #406 | 0.35 |
| 2005 | 725 | #395 | 0.36 |
| 2004 | 768 | #362 | 0.39 |
| 2003 | 817 | #341 | 0.41 |
| 2002 | 794 | #345 | 0.41 |
| 2001 | 811 | #340 | 0.42 |
| 2000 | 889 | #322 | 0.45 |
| 1999 | 918 | #311 | 0.48 |
| 1998 | 1,040 | #277 | 0.54 |
| 1997 | 983 | #285 | 0.52 |
| 1996 | 1,116 | #256 | 0.59 |
| 1995 | 1,150 | #248 | 0.60 |
| 1994 | 1,268 | #236 | 0.66 |
| 1993 | 1,551 | #196 | 0.79 |
| 1992 | 1,616 | #193 | 0.81 |
| 1991 | 1,734 | #181 | 0.86 |
| 1990 | 1,780 | #174 | 0.87 |
| 1989 | 1,753 | #173 | 0.88 |
| 1988 | 1,861 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1987 | 1,899 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 1,789 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1985 | 1,941 | #144 | 1.1 |
| 1984 | 1,868 | #143 | 1.0 |
| 1983 | 2,027 | #132 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 2,134 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1981 | 2,193 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 2,173 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 2,255 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1978 | 2,245 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1977 | 2,311 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1976 | 2,250 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 2,364 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1974 | 2,543 | #100 | 1.6 |
| 1973 | 2,524 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1972 | 2,823 | #101 | 1.7 |
| 1971 | 3,523 | #85 | 2.0 |
| 1970 | 3,824 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1969 | 4,044 | #71 | 2.3 |
| 1968 | 4,098 | #67 | 2.4 |
| 1967 | 4,341 | #67 | 2.5 |
| 1966 | 4,644 | #66 | 2.6 |
| 1965 | 4,961 | #66 | 2.7 |
| 1964 | 5,453 | #68 | 2.7 |
| 1963 | 5,708 | #68 | 2.8 |
| 1962 | 5,619 | #70 | 2.7 |
| 1961 | 6,094 | #67 | 2.9 |
| 1960 | 6,380 | #64 | 3.0 |
| 1959 | 6,601 | #62 | 3.1 |
| 1958 | 7,539 | #52 | 3.6 |
| 1957 | 8,741 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1956 | 8,898 | #42 | 4.2 |
| 1955 | 9,128 | #42 | 4.4 |
| 1954 | 9,606 | #39 | 4.7 |
| 1953 | 9,856 | #37 | 5.0 |
| 1952 | 10,302 | #35 | 5.3 |
| 1951 | 10,266 | #33 | 5.5 |
| 1950 | 10,173 | #33 | 5.7 |
| 1949 | 10,253 | #32 | 5.8 |
| 1948 | 9,768 | #31 | 5.6 |
| 1947 | 9,582 | #32 | 5.2 |
| 1946 | 8,517 | #31 | 5.2 |
| 1945 | 7,163 | #30 | 5.3 |
| 1944 | 7,130 | #32 | 5.2 |
| 1943 | 7,583 | #32 | 5.3 |
| 1942 | 7,639 | #30 | 5.5 |
| 1941 | 6,653 | #34 | 5.4 |
| 1940 | 6,173 | #36 | 5.3 |
| 1939 | 5,882 | #36 | 5.3 |
| 1938 | 5,873 | #36 | 5.3 |
| 1937 | 5,507 | #38 | 5.2 |
| 1936 | 5,339 | #37 | 5.1 |
| 1935 | 5,351 | #35 | 5.1 |
| 1934 | 5,324 | #34 | 5.2 |
| 1933 | 4,911 | #38 | 5.0 |
| 1932 | 5,295 | #35 | 5.1 |
| 1931 | 5,364 | #38 | 5.2 |
| 1930 | 5,639 | #36 | 5.1 |
| 1929 | 5,305 | #38 | 4.9 |
| 1928 | 5,597 | #38 | 5.1 |
| 1927 | 5,572 | #37 | 4.9 |
| 1926 | 5,582 | #36 | 5.0 |
| 1925 | 5,633 | #36 | 5.0 |
| 1924 | 5,775 | #36 | 5.1 |
| 1923 | 5,913 | #36 | 5.4 |
| 1922 | 5,786 | #36 | 5.3 |
| 1921 | 5,977 | #37 | 5.4 |
| 1920 | 5,727 | #36 | 5.4 |
| 1919 | 5,205 | #38 | 5.3 |
| 1918 | 5,372 | #38 | 5.3 |
| 1917 | 5,094 | #36 | 5.5 |
| 1916 | 4,742 | #38 | 5.3 |
| 1915 | 4,688 | #37 | 5.5 |
| 1914 | 3,703 | #35 | 5.7 |
| 1913 | 2,853 | #35 | 5.6 |
| 1912 | 2,467 | #38 | 5.7 |
| 1911 | 1,221 | #37 | 5.4 |
| 1910 | 1,009 | #35 | 5.2 |
| 1909 | 854 | #35 | 5.2 |
| 1908 | 815 | #35 | 5.3 |
| 1907 | 801 | #34 | 5.5 |
| 1906 | 717 | #36 | 5.4 |
| 1905 | 669 | #38 | 5.1 |
| 1904 | 662 | #38 | 5.2 |
| 1903 | 536 | #43 | 4.5 |
| 1902 | 598 | #37 | 4.9 |
| 1901 | 535 | #37 | 5.0 |
| 1900 | 659 | #40 | 4.4 |
| 1899 | 497 | #40 | 4.7 |
| 1898 | 533 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1897 | 505 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1896 | 499 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1895 | 509 | #41 | 4.3 |
| 1894 | 430 | #49 | 3.7 |
| 1893 | 395 | #51 | 3.5 |
| 1892 | 468 | #44 | 3.8 |
| 1891 | 389 | #46 | 3.8 |
| 1890 | 372 | #52 | 3.4 |
| 1889 | 342 | #56 | 3.1 |
| 1888 | 343 | #61 | 2.8 |
| 1887 | 283 | #60 | 2.8 |
| 1886 | 331 | #57 | 3.0 |
| 1885 | 288 | #64 | 2.7 |
| 1884 | 262 | #71 | 2.3 |
| 1883 | 282 | #61 | 2.7 |
| 1882 | 287 | #63 | 2.5 |
| 1881 | 244 | #66 | 2.4 |
| 1880 | 257 | #65 | 2.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lawrence a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lawrence has been given almost only to boys: 2,187 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lawrence: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lawrence, and how old are they?
216,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 463,357 Americans ever recorded as Lawrence. The median Lawrence alive today is 65 years old; half are between 49 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 240,687 people named Lawrence (422 women and girls, 240,265 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 248,286 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 22,800 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 102,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 44,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 26,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 12,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,360 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lawrence born?
The states with the most babies named Lawrence are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 53,808 | #466 | 1.4× |
| California | 30,984 | #539 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 30,415 | #471 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 29,694 | #782 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 24,502 | #359 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 24,153 | #431 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 16,646 | #605 | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 15,957 | #492 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 15,197 | #741 | 1.1× |
| Missouri | 11,719 | #361 | 1.0× |
Where Lawrence is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lawrence is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lawrence with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 473,027 babies since 1880, Lawrence is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 585 of their 585 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lawrence
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lawrence and names like it
- Compare Lawrence and LawerenceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sLawrence peaked in 1952.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lawrence since 1910.
- The top names of 1952The year the most babies were named Lawrence.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lawrence alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.