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Lawernce

#4,671 most common boys' name of all time · #11,506 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1989

Rank among boys
#4,671
Rank overall
#11,506 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
1,050
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #1,311
Best rank
#1,237 1943
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
1920194019601980

Lawernce first appears in 1912. 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
1989 5 5 #8,043
1984 7 7 #5,082
1983 7 7 #5,002
1979 5 5 #6,221
1977 10 10 #3,662
1976 7 7 #4,533
1975 7 7 #4,419
1974 5 5 #5,361
1972 6 6 #4,563
1971 9 9 #3,459
1970 17 17 #2,248
1969 6 6 #4,058
1968 13 13 #2,369
1967 8 8 #3,080
1966 8 8 #3,086
1965 13 13 #2,319
1964 11 11 #2,602
1963 11 11 #2,599
1962 10 10 #2,750
1961 18 18 #1,974
1960 16 16 #2,084
1959 21 21 #1,787
1958 23 23 #1,668
1957 26 26 #1,571
1956 35 35 #1,311
1955 17 17 #1,953
1954 20 20 #1,743
1953 26 26 #1,501
1952 32 32 #1,341
1951 22 22 #1,632
1950 22 22 #1,602
1949 29 29 #1,370
1948 14 14 #2,094
1947 20 20 #1,721
1946 19 19 #1,681
1945 29 29 #1,247
1944 14 14 #1,958
1943 32 32 #1,237
1942 21 21 #1,574
1941 17 17 #1,737
1940 17 17 #1,727
1939 16 16 #1,771
1938 17 17 #1,731
1937 12 12 #2,166
1936 20 20 #1,535
1935 17 17 #1,746
1934 14 14 #2,001
1933 22 22 #1,492
1932 12 12 #2,279
1931 17 17 #1,825
1930 17 17 #1,875
1929 18 18 #1,842
1928 14 14 #2,233
1927 13 13 #2,374
1926 20 20 #1,776
1925 13 13 #2,397
1924 9 9 #3,121
1923 11 11 #2,707
1922 16 16 #2,123
1921 14 14 #2,348
1920 12 12 #2,542
1919 22 22 #1,618
1918 12 12 #2,485
1917 9 9 #2,847
1916 12 12 #2,353
1915 17 17 #1,772
1914 5 5 #3,433
1913 7 7 #2,428
1912 7 7 #2,235