Laurens

Peak · boys
1942 · 9 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
150
since 1915

Laurens over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Laurens has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,523, 1942boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2005#10,1516
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1981#4,9617
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1924#3,5057
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Laurens! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Laurens is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Laurens in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Laurens
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1942 at #2,523 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1943, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 121,225
  • Highest: 1 in 121,225 boys born in 1915 were named Laurens (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 332,884 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,523 in 1942, was only 1 in 153,462 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 22.7% of all boys named Laurens (34) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#3,082 (1915)#3,082
1920s33#3,505 (1924)#4,036
1930s5#3,642 (1933)#3,642
1940s22#2,523 (1942)#2,916
1950s34#2,875 (1952)#3,303
1960s16#3,640 (1962)#3,875
1970s10#5,464 (1975)#5,526
1980s7#4,961 (1981)#4,961
1990s5#8,236 (1991)#8,236
2000s11#10,151 (2005)#10,754

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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