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How popular is “Laurance” in the USA?

Number of people named “Laurance” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Laurance” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Laurance” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Laurance” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Laurance” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Laurance” by birth year

This chart shows how “Laurance” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 -100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 -100%
1916 26 0.000013441 26 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 -100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 -100%
1923 27 0.000011726 27 -100%
1924 24 0.000010077 24 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 -100%
1927 31 0.000013366 31 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 -100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 -100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 -100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 -100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 -100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 -100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 -100%
1935 30 0.000014355 30 -100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 -100%
1937 31 0.000014549 31 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 27 0.000012254 27 -100%
1940 45 0.000019542 45 -100%
1941 34 0.000013955 34 -100%
1942 36 0.000013178 36 -100%
1943 35 0.0000124 35 -100%
1944 33 0.000012267 33 -100%
1945 30 0.000011308 30 -100%
1946 34 0.000010641 34 -100%
1947 35 0.000009716 35 -100%
1948 45 0.000013034 45 -100%
1949 41 0.000011765 41 -100%
1950 42 0.000011988 42 -100%
1951 34 0.00000923 34 -100%
1952 43 0.000011322 43 -100%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 -100%
1954 38 0.000009546 38 -100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 -100%
1956 47 0.000011399 47 -100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 -100%
1958 33 0.000007983 33 -100%
1959 32 0.000007696 32 -100%
1960 38 0.000009148 38 -100%
1961 29 0.000007001 5 24 -66%
1962 21 0.000005204 21 -100%
1963 23 0.000005811 23 -100%
1964 25 0.000006431 25 -100%
1965 18 0.000004965 18 -100%
1966 23 0.000006617 23 -100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 -100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%

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