Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Laurance

#3,198 most common boys' name of all time · #7,760 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1885–2011

Rank among boys
#3,198
Rank overall
#7,760 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
1,937
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #1,112
Best rank
#835 1885
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
190019201940196019802000

Laurance first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2011 6 6 #10,858
2008 7 7 #9,913
2001 7 7 #8,383
1998 14 14 #4,671
1997 5 5 #9,309
1995 9 9 #5,951
1993 10 10 #5,386
1992 9 9 #5,687
1991 10 10 #5,129
1990 9 9 #5,411
1989 16 16 #3,474
1988 9 9 #4,815
1987 17 17 #2,953
1986 9 9 #4,495
1985 8 8 #4,738
1984 11 11 #3,729
1983 6 6 #5,554
1982 11 11 #3,724
1981 8 8 #4,549
1980 12 12 #3,453
1979 13 13 #3,198
1978 12 12 #3,235
1977 14 14 #2,926
1976 8 8 #4,057
1975 6 6 #4,852
1973 13 13 #2,744
1972 6 6 #4,496
1971 20 20 #2,068
1970 15 15 #2,423
1969 12 12 #2,581
1968 15 15 #2,128
1967 21 21 #1,726
1966 23 23 #1,628
1965 18 18 #1,873
1964 25 25 #1,590
1963 23 23 #1,666
1962 21 21 #1,775
1961 5 24 29 #1,653
1960 38 38 #1,281
1959 32 32 #1,396
1958 33 33 #1,352
1957 22 22 #1,726
1956 47 47 #1,112
1955 29 29 #1,432
1954 39 39 #1,207
1953 41 41 #1,164
1952 43 43 #1,121
1951 34 34 #1,268
1950 42 42 #1,094
1949 41 41 #1,104
1948 45 45 #1,054
1947 35 35 #1,241
1946 34 34 #1,204
1945 30 30 #1,213
1944 33 33 #1,164
1943 35 35 #1,162
1942 36 36 #1,148
1941 34 34 #1,143
1940 45 45 #962
1939 27 27 #1,285
1938 19 19 #1,580
1937 31 31 #1,196
1936 23 23 #1,400
1935 30 30 #1,238
1934 24 24 #1,404
1933 24 24 #1,376
1932 22 22 #1,519
1931 30 30 #1,269
1930 21 21 #1,623
1929 29 29 #1,327
1928 20 20 #1,721
1927 31 31 #1,331
1926 31 31 #1,318
1925 20 20 #1,768
1924 24 24 #1,600
1923 27 27 #1,435
1922 23 23 #1,615
1921 26 26 #1,490
1920 21 21 #1,712
1919 24 24 #1,503
1918 22 22 #1,617
1917 15 15 #2,024
1916 26 26 #1,353
1915 22 22 #1,482
1914 18 18 #1,465
1913 13 13 #1,535
1912 11 11 #1,568
1909 7 7 #1,223
1908 6 6 #1,301
1905 8 8 #977
1885 7 7 #835