Lawrance
Last seen for boys in 2018 at #9,670
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 71 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,637since 1889
Lawrance over time
Rank among boys' names. Lawrance has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #1,582 | 29 |
| 1969 | #1,302 | 37 |
| 1968 | #1,339 | 33 |
| 1967 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1966 | #1,428 | 29 |
| 1965 | #1,318 | 34 |
| 1964 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #1,195 | 42 |
| 1962 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,156 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,210 | 42 |
| 1959 | #1,129 | 47 |
| 1958 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1957 | #981 | 60 |
| 1956 | #1,019 | 54 |
| 1955 | #1,047 | 52 |
| 1954 | #1,020 | 54 |
| 1953 | #999 | 52 |
| 1952 | #830 | 71 |
| 1951 | #881 | 63 |
| 1950 | #806 | 71 |
| 1949 | #946 | 53 |
| 1948 | #852 | 64 |
| 1947 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1946 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #860 | 53 |
| 1944 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1942 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1941 | #870 | 53 |
| 1940 | #1,208 | 31 |
| 1939 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | #1,030 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1935 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,458 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,248 | 34 |
| 1926 | #1,432 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 35 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Lawrance! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lawrance is popular in 1940
No state had 5 or more boys named Lawrance in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lawrance
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1941 (#1,208 → #870)
- Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1940 (#942 → #1,208)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1950 at #806 (71 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1948–1953
- Highest: 1 in 22,116 boys born in 1889 were named Lawrance (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 259,451 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #806 in 1950, was only 1 in 25,215 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.5% of all boys named Lawrance (567) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,233 |
| 1910s | 127 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,789 |
| 1920s | 245 | #1,213 (1923) | #1,608 |
| 1930s | 300 | #942 (1939) | #1,259 |
| 1940s | 453 | #852 (1948) | #1,019 |
| 1950s | 567 | #806 (1950) | #988 |
| 1960s | 362 | #1,156 (1961) | #1,305 |
| 1970s | 208 | #1,582 (1970) | #2,161 |
| 1980s | 128 | #2,680 (1981) | #3,682 |
| 1990s | 121 | #3,058 (1990) | #5,103 |
| 2000s | 81 | #6,138 (2004) | #7,958 |
| 2010s | 35 | #9,670 (2018) | #11,050 |
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.
Lawrance in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 37,393 of them was named Lawrance, which outranked 69.3% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,183Smith32
- #1,183Sylvan32
- #1,183Verlyn32
- #1,208Lawrance31
- #1,208Alonza31
- #1,208Arland31
- #1,208Bailey31
- #1,227Anastacio30
- #1,227Aubry30
- #1,227Caleb30
Tied with 18 names at #1,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.