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.

Lawrnce

#17,683 most common boys' name of all time · #46,249 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–1964

Rank among boys
#17,683
Rank overall
#46,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
70
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1950 #2,961
Best rank
#2,961 1950
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960

Lawrnce first appears in 1917. 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
1964 — 5 5 #4,298
1959 — 6 6 #3,830
1957 — 6 6 #3,810
1951 — 5 5 #4,035
1950 — 8 8 #2,961
1948 — 5 5 #4,012
1943 — 7 7 #3,178
1939 — 6 6 #3,399
1936 — 5 5 #3,906
1931 — 5 5 #4,145
1921 — 6 6 #4,194
1917 — 6 6 #3,940