Lawrence
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Lawrence is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Laurentum”. In 2025 it ranked 559th for boys in the UK (76 babies) and 518th for boys in the US (578 babies).
What does Lawrence mean?
Latin: English spelling of the Roman name Laurentius
“from Laurentum”
Saint Lawrence gave his name to Canada's St Lawrence River, via a bay Jacques Cartier named on the saint's feast day in 1535.
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Is Lawrence a girl's or a boy's name?
Lawrence is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 76 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 578 boys in the US.
How popular is Lawrence in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #559among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 76about 1 in 3,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 76 boys in the UK were named Lawrence, making it the 559th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 582nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 239 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lawrence in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 182 boys in the UK were given Lawrence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #293, up from #559 for this spelling alone.
- Laurence 106
- Lawrence 76
Among boys in 2025, it was 549th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#56), 1914 (#62), 1924 (#62), 1934 (#72), 1944 (#83) and 1954 (#77).
Lawrence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #559 |
| 2024 | 66 | #634 |
| 2023 | 81 | #541 |
| 2022 | 86 | #512 |
| 2021 | 79 | #548 |
| 2020 | 71 | #582 |
| 2019 | 94 | #476 |
| 2018 | 88 | #504 |
| 2017 | 121 | #408 |
| 2016 | 109 | #431 |
| 2015 | 123 | #391 |
| 2014 | 109 | #421 |
| 2013 | 109 | #428 |
| 2012 | 101 | #437 |
| 2011 | 111 | #396 |
| 2010 | 118 | #380 |
| 2009 | 107 | #406 |
| 2008 | 120 | #358 |
| 2007 | 105 | #383 |
| 2006 | 128 | #304 |
| 2005 | 114 | #312 |
| 2004 | 119 | #296 |
| 2003 | 124 | #278 |
| 2002 | 109 | #289 |
| 2001 | 130 | #248 |
| 2000 | 161 | #219 |
| 1999 | 191 | #195 |
| 1998 | 211 | #180 |
| 1997 | 234 | #168 |
| 1996 | 239 | #156 |
How popular is Lawrence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #518among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 578about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 578 boys in the US were named Lawrence, making it the 518th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 562nd. Its busiest year was 1952, with 10,302 boys. 7 girls were also named Lawrence in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Lawrence in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 671 boys in the US were given Lawrence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #463, up from #518 for this spelling alone.
- Lawrence 578
- Laurence 93
Lawrence in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 578 | #518 |
| 2024 | 600 | #508 |
| 2023 | 521 | #558 |
| 2022 | 541 | #548 |
| 2021 | 484 | #580 |
| 2020 | 498 | #562 |
| 2019 | 530 | #535 |
| 2018 | 579 | #497 |
| 2017 | 587 | #492 |
| 2016 | 614 | #493 |
| 2015 | 582 | #499 |
| 2014 | 639 | #460 |
| 2013 | 585 | #474 |
| 2012 | 601 | #452 |
| 2011 | 595 | #453 |
| 2010 | 583 | #457 |
| 2009 | 636 | #441 |
| 2008 | 676 | #429 |
| 2007 | 772 | #392 |
| 2006 | 728 | #406 |
| 2005 | 725 | #395 |
| 2004 | 768 | #362 |
| 2003 | 817 | #341 |
| 2002 | 794 | #345 |
| 2001 | 811 | #339 |
| 2000 | 889 | #322 |
| 1999 | 918 | #310 |
| 1998 | 1,040 | #277 |
| 1997 | 983 | #285 |
| 1996 | 1,116 | #256 |
| 1995 | 1,150 | #248 |
| 1994 | 1,268 | #236 |
| 1993 | 1,551 | #196 |
| 1992 | 1,616 | #193 |
| 1991 | 1,734 | #181 |
| 1990 | 1,780 | #174 |
| 1989 | 1,753 | #173 |
| 1988 | 1,861 | #150 |
| 1987 | 1,899 | #146 |
| 1986 | 1,789 | #151 |
| 1985 | 1,941 | #144 |
| 1984 | 1,868 | #143 |
| 1983 | 2,027 | #132 |
| 1982 | 2,134 | #128 |
| 1981 | 2,193 | #125 |
| 1980 | 2,173 | #129 |
| 1979 | 2,255 | #122 |
| 1978 | 2,245 | #113 |
| 1977 | 2,311 | #115 |
| 1976 | 2,250 | #113 |
| 1975 | 2,364 | #110 |
| 1974 | 2,543 | #100 |
| 1973 | 2,524 | #104 |
| 1972 | 2,823 | #101 |
| 1971 | 3,523 | #85 |
| 1970 | 3,824 | #83 |
| 1969 | 4,044 | #71 |
| 1968 | 4,098 | #67 |
| 1967 | 4,341 | #67 |
| 1966 | 4,644 | #66 |
| 1965 | 4,961 | #66 |
| 1964 | 5,453 | #68 |
| 1963 | 5,708 | #68 |
| 1962 | 5,619 | #70 |
| 1961 | 6,094 | #67 |
| 1960 | 6,380 | #64 |
| 1959 | 6,601 | #62 |
| 1958 | 7,539 | #52 |
| 1957 | 8,741 | #46 |
| 1956 | 8,898 | #42 |
| 1955 | 9,128 | #42 |
| 1954 | 9,606 | #39 |
| 1953 | 9,856 | #37 |
| 1952 | 10,302 | #35 |
| 1951 | 10,266 | #33 |
| 1950 | 10,173 | #33 |
| 1949 | 10,253 | #32 |
| 1948 | 9,768 | #31 |
| 1947 | 9,582 | #32 |
| 1946 | 8,517 | #31 |
| 1945 | 7,163 | #30 |
| 1944 | 7,130 | #32 |
| 1943 | 7,583 | #32 |
| 1942 | 7,639 | #30 |
| 1941 | 6,653 | #34 |
| 1940 | 6,173 | #36 |
| 1939 | 5,882 | #36 |
| 1938 | 5,873 | #36 |
| 1937 | 5,507 | #38 |
| 1936 | 5,339 | #37 |
| 1935 | 5,351 | #35 |
| 1934 | 5,324 | #34 |
| 1933 | 4,911 | #38 |
| 1932 | 5,295 | #35 |
| 1931 | 5,364 | #38 |
| 1930 | 5,639 | #36 |
| 1929 | 5,305 | #38 |
| 1928 | 5,597 | #38 |
| 1927 | 5,572 | #37 |
| 1926 | 5,582 | #36 |
| 1925 | 5,633 | #36 |
| 1924 | 5,775 | #36 |
| 1923 | 5,913 | #36 |
| 1922 | 5,786 | #36 |
| 1921 | 5,977 | #37 |
| 1920 | 5,727 | #36 |
| 1919 | 5,205 | #38 |
| 1918 | 5,372 | #38 |
| 1917 | 5,094 | #36 |
| 1916 | 4,742 | #38 |
| 1915 | 4,688 | #37 |
| 1914 | 3,703 | #35 |
| 1913 | 2,853 | #35 |
| 1912 | 2,467 | #38 |
| 1911 | 1,221 | #37 |
| 1910 | 1,009 | #35 |
| 1909 | 854 | #35 |
| 1908 | 815 | #35 |
| 1907 | 801 | #34 |
| 1906 | 717 | #36 |
| 1905 | 669 | #38 |
| 1904 | 662 | #38 |
| 1903 | 536 | #43 |
| 1902 | 598 | #37 |
| 1901 | 535 | #37 |
| 1900 | 659 | #40 |
| 1899 | 497 | #40 |
| 1898 | 533 | #44 |
| 1897 | 505 | #41 |
| 1896 | 499 | #46 |
| 1895 | 509 | #41 |
| 1894 | 430 | #49 |
| 1893 | 395 | #51 |
| 1892 | 468 | #44 |
| 1891 | 389 | #46 |
| 1890 | 372 | #52 |
| 1889 | 342 | #56 |
| 1888 | 343 | #61 |
| 1887 | 283 | #60 |
| 1886 | 331 | #57 |
| 1885 | 288 | #64 |
| 1884 | 262 | #71 |
| 1883 | 282 | #61 |
| 1882 | 287 | #63 |
| 1881 | 244 | #66 |
| 1880 | 257 | #65 |
Nicknames for Lawrence
Names like Lawrence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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