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Boys' name · peaked in 1949

Lawrence name popularity since 1925

383,073 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lawrence. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Lawrence is about 74 years old in 2026. Lawrence peaked in 1949 as the #32 name for boys, and it ranked #520 in 2025.

US babies since 1925
383,073
Named Lawrence, 1925–2025
Peak year
1949
#32 for boys that year
Typical age
About 74
Median birth year 1952
In 2025
#520
for boys in 2025 (578 babies)
Girls / boys
99.5% boys
1,797 girls · 381,276 boys
Most popular in
District of Columbia
2.28× its national share

Peak year is the year Lawrence made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Lawrence births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Lawrence per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1952. Measured as a share of all babies, Lawrence peaked in 1949.

  • Steepest fall: Between 1992 and 1997, Lawrence's share of baby boys fell by 36%, from 1 in 1,240 to 1 in 1,920.

Shaded on the chart. This compares Lawrence's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lawrence.

Decade by decade

Babies named Lawrence in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 18227,689 –
1930s 27354,485 #35
1940s 25680,461 #30
1950s 27691,110 #42
1960s 25951,342 #66
1970s 24826,662 #110
1980s 17719,638 #144
1990s 4713,156 #248
2000s 87,616 #395
2010s 175,895 #499
2020–25 543,222 #520

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

41.5% of babies named Lawrence from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Lawrence by generation Greatest Generation born 1925–27 4.4% Silent Generation born 1928–45 28.3% Baby Boomers born 1946–64 41.5% Gen X born 1965–80 13.4% Millennials born 1981–96 7.3% Gen Z born 1997–2012 3.2% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 1.9%

Where Lawrence is most popular

The index compares Lawrence'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 Lawrence.

StateIndexBabies
District of Columbia2.28×4,040
Hawaii1.97×2,366
Vermont1.94×1,245
Maine1.89×3,100
New York1.63×47,409

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Lawrence and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

SpellingBoysPeak year
Lawrence (this page) 381,276 1949
Lawrance 2,382 1889

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lawrence's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lawrence.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Lawrence (1949).

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