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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |