Lawerence vs Lawren
American parents have registered 4,818 Lawerences since 1880, against 1,157 Lawrens. But in 2025 it was Lawren that was commoner, 5 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lawerence Lawren
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 134 years in which either name was published, Lawerence for 88 years and Lawren for 46 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Lawerence | Lawren | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,818 | 1,157 |
| Most in one year | 125 | 43 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 5 |
| Estimated living today | 2,000 | 1,100 |
| Median age today | 68 | 29 |
| Peak year | 1949 | 1989 |
| Best rank | 607th boys | 2,879th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 14,942nd |
| First recorded | 1881 | 1948 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 4,818 | 1,098 / 59 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lawerences alive today are over 68; half the Lawrens are over 29. That is 39 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lawerence and Lawren.