NameTides

Laurence

Laurence was the #1,743 boys' name in the US in 2025 (93 babies), and #401 in England & Wales and #1,083 in Canada.

Laurence as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Laurence as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Laurence as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,743 (93)#401 (101)#560 (5)——#1,083 (23)—
2024#2,169 (67)#389 (106)——#582 (5)#2,062 (9)—
2023#2,129 (68)#403 (99)#482 (6)—#396 (9)#1,496 (13)—
2022#2,517 (54)#509 (77)#522 (5)—#454 (7)#2,052 (8)—
2021#2,253 (62)#416 (102)#605 (4)—#390 (9)#1,761 (10)—
2020#1,977 (72)#410 (99)#426 (7)—#556 (5)#2,197 (7)—
2019#2,265 (61)#449 (90)#609 (4)—#466 (7)#1,998 (8)—
2018#2,230 (61)#414 (102)——#350 (11)#1,389 (13)—
2017#1,977 (72)#377 (121)#733 (3)—#305 (14)#1,720 (10)—
2016#2,335 (56)#412 (102)#486 (6)—#412 (8)#2,182 (7)—
2015#2,234 (60)#379 (115)#529 (5)—#554 (5)#2,715 (5)—
2014#2,256 (59)#359 (116)#587 (4)#346 (4)#347 (12)#2,133 (7)—
2013#2,623 (45)#373 (109)#434 (7)—#404 (9)——
2012#2,448 (51)#393 (106)#568 (4)—#457 (7)#2,368 (6)—
2011#2,547 (48)#388 (102)#544 (4)—#308 (14)——

Laurence as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Laurence as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Laurence as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#14,942 (5)#393 (79)
2024—#295 (103)
2023—#307 (99)
2022#15,306 (5)#252 (118)
2021#15,251 (5)#196 (154)
2020#12,142 (7)#157 (170)
2019#15,539 (5)#175 (159)
2018#13,793 (6)#149 (195)
2017—#122 (224)
2016—#115 (248)
2015—#104 (278)
2014—#114 (264)
2013—#111 (274)
2012—#75 (348)
2011—#82 (321)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1903 at #201.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 5% of US babies named Laurence were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 330,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Laurence is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Laurence by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Laurence (boys) 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
Quebec2025#6236

Laurence (boys): 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
LaurenceCanadaGirls#39379
LaurenceCanadaBoys#1,08323
LaurenceEngland & WalesBoys#401101
LaurenceIrelandBoys—too few
LaurenceNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LaurenceNSWBoys—too few
LaurenceScotlandBoys#5605
LaurenceUSGirls#14,9425
LaurenceUSBoys#1,74393