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.

Lawrence

#73 most common boys' name of all time · #147 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#73
Rank overall
#147 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
463,357
Since 2016
5,597
Peak year
1952 #35
Best rank
#30 1942
Girls Boys peak 10,336/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lawrence is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 578 585 #518
2024 11 600 611 #508
2023 12 521 533 #558
2022 5 541 546 #548
2021 9 484 493 #580
2020 10 498 508 #562
2019 6 530 536 #535
2018 — 579 579 #497
2017 5 587 592 #492
2016 — 614 614 #493
2015 — 582 582 #499
2014 6 639 645 #460
2013 — 585 585 #474
2012 — 601 601 #452
2011 — 595 595 #453
2010 — 583 583 #457
2009 — 636 636 #441
2008 — 676 676 #429
2007 — 772 772 #392
2006 — 728 728 #406
2005 8 725 733 #395
2004 — 768 768 #362
2003 — 817 817 #341
2002 — 794 794 #345
2001 — 811 811 #339
2000 — 889 889 #322
1999 — 918 918 #311
1998 — 1,040 1,040 #277
1997 — 983 983 #285
1996 7 1,116 1,123 #256
1995 — 1,150 1,150 #248
1994 6 1,268 1,274 #236
1993 — 1,551 1,551 #196
1992 7 1,616 1,623 #193
1991 16 1,734 1,750 #181
1990 11 1,780 1,791 #174
1989 14 1,753 1,767 #173
1988 14 1,861 1,875 #150
1987 21 1,899 1,920 #146
1986 23 1,789 1,812 #151
1985 14 1,941 1,955 #144
1984 15 1,868 1,883 #143
1983 19 2,027 2,046 #132
1982 17 2,134 2,151 #128
1981 21 2,193 2,214 #125
1980 19 2,173 2,192 #129
1979 21 2,255 2,276 #122
1978 26 2,245 2,271 #113
1977 31 2,311 2,342 #115
1976 21 2,250 2,271 #113
1975 24 2,364 2,388 #110
1974 21 2,543 2,564 #100
1973 25 2,524 2,549 #104
1972 23 2,823 2,846 #101
1971 26 3,523 3,549 #85
1970 30 3,824 3,854 #83
1969 29 4,044 4,073 #71
1968 17 4,098 4,115 #67
1967 31 4,341 4,372 #67
1966 29 4,644 4,673 #66
1965 23 4,961 4,984 #66
1964 23 5,453 5,476 #68
1963 24 5,708 5,732 #68
1962 29 5,619 5,648 #70
1961 27 6,094 6,121 #67
1960 27 6,380 6,407 #64
1959 34 6,601 6,635 #62
1958 28 7,539 7,567 #52
1957 29 8,741 8,770 #46
1956 29 8,898 8,927 #42
1955 24 9,128 9,152 #42
1954 26 9,606 9,632 #39
1953 27 9,856 9,883 #37
1952 34 10,302 10,336 #35
1951 22 10,266 10,288 #33
1950 23 10,173 10,196 #33
1949 24 10,253 10,277 #32
1948 25 9,768 9,793 #31
1947 23 9,582 9,605 #32
1946 21 8,517 8,538 #31
1945 23 7,163 7,186 #30
1944 32 7,130 7,162 #32
1943 22 7,583 7,605 #32
1942 33 7,639 7,672 #30
1941 29 6,653 6,682 #34
1940 24 6,173 6,197 #36
1939 29 5,882 5,911 #36
1938 25 5,873 5,898 #36
1937 24 5,507 5,531 #38
1936 22 5,339 5,361 #37
1935 28 5,351 5,379 #35
1934 25 5,324 5,349 #34
1933 29 4,911 4,940 #38
1932 30 5,295 5,325 #35
1931 30 5,364 5,394 #38
1930 31 5,639 5,670 #36
1929 30 5,305 5,335 #38
1928 43 5,597 5,640 #38
1927 44 5,572 5,616 #37
1926 39 5,582 5,621 #36
1925 26 5,633 5,659 #36
1924 24 5,775 5,799 #36
1923 27 5,913 5,940 #36
1922 22 5,786 5,808 #36
1921 32 5,977 6,009 #37
1920 22 5,727 5,749 #36
1919 26 5,205 5,231 #38
1918 33 5,372 5,405 #38
1917 22 5,094 5,116 #36
1916 16 4,742 4,758 #38
1915 28 4,688 4,716 #37
1914 20 3,703 3,723 #36
1913 17 2,853 2,870 #35
1912 9 2,467 2,476 #38
1911 10 1,221 1,231 #37
1910 8 1,009 1,017 #35
1909 8 854 862 #35
1908 6 815 821 #35
1907 — 801 801 #34
1906 6 717 723 #36
1905 8 669 677 #38
1904 5 662 667 #38
1903 10 536 546 #43
1902 6 598 604 #37
1901 — 535 535 #37
1900 — 659 659 #40
1899 5 497 502 #40
1898 — 533 533 #44
1897 7 505 512 #41
1896 7 499 506 #46
1895 — 509 509 #42
1894 — 430 430 #49
1893 — 395 395 #51
1892 — 468 468 #44
1891 — 389 389 #46
1890 6 372 378 #52
1889 — 342 342 #56
1888 — 343 343 #61
1887 — 283 283 #60
1886 — 331 331 #57
1885 — 288 288 #64
1884 — 262 262 #71
1883 — 282 282 #61
1882 — 287 287 #63
1881 — 244 244 #66
1880 — 257 257 #65