NameTides

Lauren

Lauren was the #401 girls' name in the US in 2025 (777 babies), and #1,166 in England & Wales and #415 in Canada.

Lauren as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lauren as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Lauren as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#401 (777)#1,166 (28)#632 (4)—#118 (39)#415 (75)——
2024#351 (882)#934 (38)#638 (4)—#135 (34)#348 (86)——
2023#343 (900)#865 (41)#439 (7)#264 (6)#89 (56)#310 (98)——
2022#327 (987)#857 (41)#303 (11)#354 (4)#76 (71)#230 (125)——
2021#336 (969)#567 (69)#316 (11)#350 (4)#80 (73)#248 (128)——
2020#232 (1,278)#521 (77)#341 (10)#212 (8)#62 (87)#159 (169)——
2019#202 (1,513)#453 (93)#206 (20)#167 (12)#46 (124)#149 (192)——
2018#173 (1,705)#339 (142)#193 (23)#151 (14)#35 (164)#115 (231)——
2017#148 (1,992)#288 (170)#161 (30)#99 (23)#36 (152)#111 (244)——
2016#134 (2,325)#193 (283)#98 (48)#120 (20)#25 (224)#101 (282)——
2015#119 (2,697)#180 (304)#86 (59)#59 (40)#19 (265)#101 (288)——
2014#94 (3,097)#130 (415)#75 (70)#78 (30)#24 (261)#74 (362)——
2013#92 (3,350)#126 (442)#77 (65)#54 (41)#21 (279)#58 (434)——
2012#72 (3,660)#103 (559)#57 (92)#55 (46)#23 (290)#63 (400)#97 (75)—
2011#62 (4,100)#85 (710)#50 (119)#56 (47)#22 (305)#46 (469)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1989 at #9.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1924.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 540common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lauren is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lauren by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #247WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #368WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #575ILMichigan: #259MINew York: #473NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #396INOhio: #473OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #503CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #456CONebraska: #182NEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #201KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #389TNNorth Carolina: #453NCSouth Carolina: #244SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #369LAMississippi: #242MSAlabama: #283ALGeorgia: #364GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #402TXFlorida: #294FL
Lauren (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25449

Lauren (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LaurenCanadaGirls#41575
LaurenCanadaBoys—too few
LaurenEngland & WalesGirls#1,16628
LaurenEngland & WalesBoys—too few
LaurenIrelandGirls#11839
LaurenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LaurenNSWGirls—too few
LaurenScotlandGirls#6324
LaurenUSGirls#401777
LaurenUSBoys—too few
LaurenVICGirls—too few