How popular is “Laurence” in the USA?

Number of people named “Laurence” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Laurence” 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 “Laurence” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Laurence” by birth year

This chart shows how “Laurence” 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
1880	25	0.000124079		25	-100%
1881	28	0.000145313		28	-100%
1882	24	0.000108336		24	-100%
1883	28	0.000129064		28	-100%
1884	24	0.000098578		24	-100%
1885	33	0.000137012		33	-100%
1886	43	0.000168419		43	-100%
1887	28	0.000113181		28	-100%
1888	38	0.000126889		38	-100%
1889	32	0.000110747		32	-100%
1890	47	0.000155938	5	42	-79%
1891	46	0.000160462	7	39	-70%
1892	45	0.00013458		45	-100%
1893	58	0.000178339	5	53	-83%
1894	46	0.000135817		46	-100%
1895	58	0.000165233		58	-100%
1896	64	0.000179029	5	59	-84%
1897	69	0.000198872		69	-100%
1898	83	0.000217588	9	74	-78%
1899	71	0.000209295	8	63	-77%
1900	86	0.000191002	5	81	-88%
1901	60	0.000173505		60	-100%
1902	77	0.000199104	6	71	-84%
1903	77	0.000201994		77	-100%
1904	80	0.000198273	7	73	-82%
1905	82	0.000193432	5	77	-88%
1906	89	0.000207725	8	81	-82%
1907	84	0.000180494	6	78	-86%
1908	97	0.000198506	6	91	-88%
1909	94	0.000183872	5	89	-89%
1910	123	0.000208224	9	114	-85%
1911	128	0.000198672	7	121	-89%
1912	277	0.000280347	6	271	-96%
1913	320	0.000281415	6	314	-96%
1914	384	0.000271121	5	379	-97%
1915	471	0.000257036	9	462	-96%
1916	479	0.00024762	9	470	-96%
1917	503	0.000250654	8	495	-97%
1918	567	0.000261157	10	557	-96%
1919	547	0.000259212	16	531	-94%
1920	561	0.00024794	11	550	-96%
1921	610	0.000261297	11	599	-96%
1922	592	0.000258611	12	580	-96%
1923	550	0.000238873	7	543	-97%
1924	581	0.000243953	6	575	-98%
1925	569	0.00024386	18	551	-94%
1926	610	0.00026569		610	-100%
1927	589	0.00025395	6	583	-98%
1928	585	0.000258742	12	573	-96%
1929	592	0.000270053	6	586	-98%
1930	569	0.000255927	7	562	-98%
1931	526	0.000249954	8	518	-97%
1932	479	0.000226875		479	-100%
1933	426	0.000213059		426	-100%
1934	489	0.000235457		489	-100%
1935	427	0.000204316		427	-100%
1936	432	0.000207934		432	-100%
1937	448	0.000210263		448	-100%
1938	484	0.00021875	6	478	-98%
1939	549	0.000249156		549	-100%
1940	604	0.000262302		604	-100%
1941	529	0.000217121	5	524	-98%
1942	671	0.000245624	5	666	-99%
1943	648	0.000229579		648	-100%
1944	581	0.000215979		581	-100%
1945	591	0.000222774		591	-100%
1946	708	0.000221575		708	-100%
1947	778	0.000215972		778	-100%
1948	774	0.000224184	6	768	-98%
1949	802	0.000230144		802	-100%
1950	807	0.00023035		807	-100%
1951	828	0.000224772	6	822	-99%
1952	856	0.000225381	11	845	-97%
1953	755	0.000195918	7	748	-98%
1954	709	0.000178109		709	-100%
1955	641	0.000159648		641	-100%
1956	651	0.000157893		651	-100%
1957	612	0.00014564	5	607	-98%
1958	541	0.000130869		541	-100%
1959	518	0.000124579		518	-100%
1960	513	0.000123501		513	-100%
1961	551	0.000133018	12	539	-96%
1962	520	0.00012886		520	-100%
1963	510	0.000128846	7	503	-97%
1964	463	0.000119096	7	456	-97%
1965	370	0.000102056	6	364	-97%
1966	355	0.000102139	5	350	-97%
1967	356	0.000104863	8	348	-96%
1968	330	0.000097679	9	321	-95%
1969	308	0.000088625	6	302	-96%
1970	303	0.000084015		303	-100%
1971	231	0.000067301		231	-100%
1972	214	0.000068088		214	-100%
1973	204	0.000067619		204	-100%
1974	184	0.000060526		184	-100%
1975	179	0.000059283		179	-100%
1976	174	0.000057344		174	-100%
1977	164	0.000051629	6	158	-93%
1978	145	0.000045686	6	139	-92%
1979	152	0.000045687		152	-100%
1980	161	0.000046741		161	-100%
1981	167	0.000048275		167	-100%
1982	165	0.000047036		165	-100%
1983	134	0.000038691		134	-100%
1984	153	0.000043855		153	-100%
1985	143	0.000040066	5	138	-93%
1986	119	0.000033454		119	-100%
1987	120	0.000033281	5	115	-92%
1988	114	0.000030852	8	106	-86%
1989	152	0.000039538	7	145	-91%
1990	133	0.00003365	11	122	-83%
1991	116	0.00002978		116	-100%
1992	124	0.000032281		124	-100%
1993	101	0.000026788		101	-100%
1994	103	0.000027706		103	-100%
1995	124	0.00003386		124	-100%
1996	114	0.000031257	5	109	-91%
1997	97	0.000026753	6	91	-88%
1998	97	0.000026372		97	-100%
1999	86	0.000023282		86	-100%
2000	77	0.000020371	6	71	-84%
2001	68	0.000018165		68	-100%
2002	79	0.000021133	5	74	-87%
2003	81	0.000021303		81	-100%
2004	71	0.000018582		71	-100%
2005	61	0.000015865		61	-100%
2006	76	0.00001921	5	71	-87%
2007	55	0.000013758		55	-100%
2008	53	0.000013484		53	-100%
2009	56	0.000014659		56	-100%
2010	41	0.000011094		41	-100%
2011	48	0.000013123		48	-100%
2012	51	0.000013944		51	-100%
2013	45	0.000012343		45	-100%
2014	59	0.000015919		59	-100%
2015	60	0.000016212		60	-100%
2016	56	0.000015264		56	-100%
2017	72	0.000020133		72	-100%
2018	67	0.000019056	6	61	-82%
2019	66	0.000019015	5	61	-85%
2020	79	0.000023649	7	72	-82%
2021	67	0.000019776	5	62	-85%
2022	59	0.000017439	5	54	-83%
2023	68	0.000020536		68	-100%
2024	66	0.000019829		66	-100%

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