Lawrence Name Popularity

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How popular is Lawrence?

Ranking 498th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Lawrence is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 500, this name has been part of the top 500 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 30, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1942 and as recently as 1945.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1952 with 10,306 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Lawrence in any given year was 244 in 1881.

Approximately during the years 1889-1892, 1897-1900, 1903-1918, 1937-1942, and 1943-1947, the name Lawrence took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1957-1960, 1963-1967, 1968-1973, 1981-1984, and 1990-1997.

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Lawrence be?

The popularity trend for Lawrence has been moving downward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Lawrence has remained about the same.

The name Lawrence still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Lawrence is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Lawrence (Girl)		Lawrence (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	573	498
2017		5	17,244	582	495
2016		< 5	--	614	493
2015		< 5	--	582	499
2014		6	15,686	637	461
2013		< 5	--	584	477
2012		< 5	--	599	454
2011		< 5	--	593	454
2010		< 5	--	581	458
2009		< 5	--	635	442
2008		< 5	--	676	429
2007		< 5	--	771	392
2006		< 5	--	728	406
2005		8	12,483	725	395
2004		< 5	--	768	362
2003		< 5	--	817	341
2002		< 5	--	794	345
2001		< 5	--	810	340
2000		< 5	--	888	322
1999		< 5	--	918	311
1998		< 5	--	1,040	277
1997		< 5	--	984	285
1996		7	11,260	1,115	256
1995		< 5	--	1,149	248
1994		6	12,697	1,267	236
1993		< 5	--	1,551	196
1992		7	11,152	1,616	193
1991		16	5,821	1,732	182
1990		11	7,626	1,779	174
1989		14	5,998	1,752	173
1988		14	5,762	1,861	150
1987		21	4,062	1,898	146
1986		23	3,706	1,789	151
1985		14	5,213	1,942	144
1984		15	4,869	1,869	143
1983		19	4,037	2,028	132
1982		17	4,444	2,136	128
1981		21	3,800	2,194	125
1980		19	4,073	2,170	129
1979		21	3,726	2,257	122
1978		26	3,053	2,246	113
1977		31	2,693	2,311	115
1976		21	3,357	2,252	113
1975		24	3,009	2,364	110
1974		21	3,261	2,544	100
1973		25	2,787	2,525	104
1972		23	2,944	2,823	101
1971		26	2,774	3,522	85
1970		30	2,483	3,823	83
1969		29	2,428	4,047	71
1968		17	3,248	4,102	67
1967		31	2,148	4,344	67
1966		29	2,224	4,647	66
1965		23	2,575	4,962	66
1964		23	2,632	5,453	68
1963		25	2,456	5,708	68
1962		28	2,287	5,620	70
1961		26	2,388	6,084	67
1960		27	2,273	6,384	64
1959		34	1,933	6,602	62
1958		28	2,141	7,530	52
1957		28	2,091	8,739	46
1956		29	2,028	8,887	42
1955		24	2,256	9,132	42
1954		26	2,106	9,599	39
1953		27	1,988	9,856	37
1952		34	1,697	10,306	35
1951		22	2,162	10,261	33
1950		23	2,029	10,174	33
1949		24	1,990	10,252	32
1948		25	1,920	9,764	31
1947		23	2,069	9,580	32
1946		21	2,056	8,515	31
1945		23	1,775	7,165	30
1944		32	1,446	7,126	32
1943		22	1,867	7,581	32
1942		33	1,426	7,639	30
1941		29	1,462	6,652	34
1940		24	1,616	6,171	36
1939		29	1,390	5,882	36
1938		25	1,527	5,872	36
1937		24	1,558	5,504	38
1936		22	1,619	5,341	37
1935		28	1,401	5,350	35
1934		25	1,499	5,325	34
1933		29	1,343	4,908	38
1932		30	1,363	5,294	35
1931		30	1,356	5,367	38
1930		31	1,389	5,636	36
1929		30	1,405	5,306	38
1928		43	1,172	5,596	38
1927		44	1,165	5,571	37
1926		39	1,253	5,582	36
1925		26	1,673	5,633	36
1924		24	1,788	5,775	36
1923		27	1,617	5,913	36
1922		22	1,866	5,786	36
1921		32	1,456	5,977	37
1920		22	1,855	5,727	36
1919		26	1,585	5,205	38
1918		33	1,348	5,372	38
1917		22	1,683	5,094	36
1916		16	2,080	4,742	38
1915		28	1,353	4,688	37
1914		20	1,467	3,703	36
1913		17	1,435	2,853	35
1912		9	2,057	2,467	38
1911		10	1,600	1,221	37
1910		8	1,853	1,009	35
1909		8	1,677	854	35
1908		6	1,980	815	35
1907		< 5	--	801	34
1906		6	1,845	717	36
1905		8	1,485	670	38
1904		5	2,028	662	38
1903		10	1,170	536	43
1902		6	1,710	598	37
1901		< 5	--	535	37
1900		< 5	--	659	40
1899		5	1,731	497	40
1898		< 5	--	533	44
1897		7	1,327	505	41
1896		7	1,361	499	46
1895		< 5	--	509	41
1894		< 5	--	430	49
1893		< 5	--	395	51
1892		< 5	--	468	44
1891		< 5	--	389	46
1890		6	1,278	372	52
1889		< 5	--	342	56
1888		< 5	--	343	61
1887		< 5	--	283	60
1886		< 5	--	331	57
1885		< 5	--	288	64
1884		< 5	--	262	71
1883		< 5	--	282	61
1882		< 5	--	287	63
1881		< 5	--	244	66
1880		< 5	--	257	65

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.