Laurence
Other ways to spell Laurence
4 other spellings sound the same in the SSA's records.
Counted as one name
#446
For boys in 2025, if every name’s spellings were counted together this way. Lawrence, the most-given spelling, is #518 on its own.
Spellings given to boys in 2025: 678 births in all
Also given in other years or to girls: Lawrance, Laurance.
Close, but counted apart
These sound a little different to the speech engine, so each is counted on its own.
How spellings are grouped: every name in the SSA’s records was read aloud by espeak, an open-source speech engine, and spellings with the same reading (ignoring stress and vowel length) are counted together. It reads the letters, not what parents meant, so some calls will be off.