Lawrence

What Lawrence means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Lawrence yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #499 in 2015 to #518 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lawrence?

US: Steady: #499 in 2015, #518 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #373 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1949, when 10,253 boys got the name (#32 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,955 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,830 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (1.3 per 1,000 boys), IA (1.08 per 1,000 boys), WI (0.94 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Lawrence is #518 in the US and #549 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.8% of US babies named Lawrence were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Laurence93 US · 101 E&W
• Lorence7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lawrence

Boys

• Paul#262“small”^*
• Martin#335“of or like Mars”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025
• Quinton#973“queen s town”^*

For a sister

• Barbara#968“strange, foreign”^*
• Laura#379“laurel tree”^*
• Amanda#493“to love”^*
• Gloria#654“glory”^*
• Amy#257“beloved”^*
• Priscilla#544“former, ancient, old-fashioned”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lawrence’s. Rank is US 2025.