Laurence

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Laurence is in modern use as an English masculine and a French feminine given name. The modern English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and originates from a French form of the Latin Laurentius, a name meaning "man from Laurentum".

From Wikipedia

Laurence first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 10 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 70 babies (rank #86 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Laurence

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Laurence yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

354
Total babies (all years)
10
Years in the data
70
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195270#86
195362#94
195463#94
195561#100
195656#98
196034#107
20141#1,689
20153#438
20162#679
20172#677