Girls' name · peaked in 1989
Lauren name popularity since 1925
480,624 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lauren (98.9% girls, 1.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1992 or earlier, so the typical Lauren is about 34 years old in 2026. Lauren peaked in 1989 as the #9 name for girls, and it ranked #401 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 480,624
- Named Lauren, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #401
- for girls in 2025 (777 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.9% girls
- 475,571 girls · 5,053 boys
- Most popular in
- Delaware
- 1.83× its national share
Peak year is the year Lauren made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lauren births per year, 1925–2025
1989 was the biggest year for Lauren both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1977 and 1982, Lauren became 4.1× more common, from 1 in 601 baby girls to 1 in 146.
- Steepest fall: Between 2016 and 2021, its share of baby girls fell by 55%, from 1 in 762 to 1 in 1,690.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lauren's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lauren.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lauren in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 328 | – |
| 1930s | 16 | 671 | #4,003 |
| 1940s | 2,180 | 734 | #354 |
| 1950s | 8,471 | 713 | #298 |
| 1960s | 12,466 | 489 | #236 |
| 1970s | 21,827 | 380 | #144 |
| 1980s | 145,161 | 940 | #15 |
| 1990s | 153,590 | 453 | #15 |
| 2000s | 97,162 | 247 | #21 |
| 2010s | 28,905 | 77 | #119 |
| 2020–25 | 5,793 | 21 | #401 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
52.5% of babies named Lauren from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Lauren is most popular
The index compares Lauren's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lauren.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 1.83× | 1,831 |
| New Jersey | 1.55× | 20,530 |
| Connecticut | 1.48× | 7,725 |
| Maryland | 1.40× | 10,279 |
| New Hampshire | 1.31× | 1,975 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lauren and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lauren (this page) | 475,571 | 1989 |
| Lauryn | 22,156 | 1999 |
| Laurin | 1,597 | 1990 |
| Lauran | 1,468 | 1989 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lauren's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lauren.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lauren (1989).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data