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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 10,302 babies (rank #35 that year). In 2024 it was given to 596 boys (rank #509). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Lawrence

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

462,765
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
10,302
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880257#65
1881244#66
1882287#63
1883282#61
1884262#71
1885288#64
1886331#57
1887283#60
1888343#61
1889342#56
1890372#52
1891389#46
1892468#44
1893395#51
1894430#49
1895509#41
1896499#46
1897505#41
1898533#44
1899497#40
1900659#40
1901535#37
1902598#37
1903536#43
1904662#38
1905669#38
1906717#36
1907801#34
1908815#35
1909854#35
19101,009#35
19111,221#37
19122,467#38
19132,853#35
19143,703#35
19154,688#37
19164,742#38
19175,094#36
19185,372#38
19195,205#38
19205,727#36
19215,977#37
19225,786#36
19235,913#36
19245,775#36
19255,633#36
19265,582#36
19275,572#37
19285,596#38
19295,306#38
19305,639#36
19315,364#38
19325,295#35
19334,911#38
19345,324#34
19355,351#35
19365,341#37
19375,505#38
19385,874#36
19395,882#36
19406,173#36
19416,652#34
19427,639#30
19437,583#32
19447,129#32
19457,163#30
19468,517#31
19479,582#32
19489,768#31
194910,253#32
195010,174#33
195110,265#33
195210,302#35
19539,856#37
19549,605#39
19559,128#42
19568,898#42
19578,742#46
19587,539#52
19596,600#62
19606,378#64
19616,096#67
19625,620#70
19635,706#68
19645,453#68
19654,962#66
19664,643#66
19674,342#67
19684,097#67
19694,044#71
19703,824#83
19713,523#85
19722,823#101
19732,524#104
19742,543#100
19752,364#110
19762,250#113
19772,311#115
19782,246#113
19792,255#122
19802,173#129
19812,194#125
19822,135#128
19832,028#132
19841,868#143
19851,941#144
19861,790#151
19871,898#146
19881,861#150
19891,753#174
19901,780#174
19911,733#182
19921,616#193
19931,551#196
19941,268#236
19951,150#248
19961,116#256
1997983#285
19981,040#277
1999918#311
2000889#322
2001811#340
2002794#345
2003817#341
2004768#362
2005725#395
2006728#406
2007771#392
2008676#429
2009635#442
2010583#457
2011594#453
2012601#452
2013585#476
2014639#460
2015582#499
2016614#493
2017587#494
2018579#497
2019530#535
2020498#563
2021484#578
2022541#549
2023521#558
2024596#509