Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Laurence

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Laurence
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.2% from peak

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

845

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

92.2%

2024

All-time

39,627

Laurence once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1952, when 845 boys were named Laurence.

In 2024, only 66 boys were given the name.

Down 92.2% from its peak.

All told, about 39,627 Americans have been named Laurence and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.2% from peak

1952845 boys named Laurence

202466 boys named Laurence

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