Lawrence

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Lawrence is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the French Laurent, which is in turn derived from the Latin Laurentius or Old Greek Lavrenti. Pet forms of Lawrence include Larry, Lawrie and, less commonly, Law.

From Wikipedia

Lawrence first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 13 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 89 babies (rank #77 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Lawrence

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

515
Total babies (all years)
13
Years in the data
89
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
195289#77
195384#77
195471#85
195659#95
195766#98
196136#109
196335#109
196529#112
196635#104
20142#661
20152#656
20163#474
20174#363