# Laurent (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laurent/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,014 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,994 / 20 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 101, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 17,054 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,876 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,706 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,496 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,899 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,302 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,898 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,915 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,414 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,956 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,445 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,271 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,161 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4,572 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,388 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,077 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,062 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,024 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Laurent

- Laurent Gbagbo, 4th President of Ivory Coast
- Laurent-Désiré Kabila, former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1939-2001)
- Laurent Fabius, 87th Prime Minister of France (born 1946)
- Laurent Blanc, French football manager
- Laurent Koscielny, French footballer (born 1985)
- Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (1915-2002)
- Laurent Fignon, French professional road bicycle racer (1960–2010)
- Laurent Ciman, Belgian association football player
- Laurent Lafforgue, French mathematician
- Laurent Cantet, French film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1961–2024)
- Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist (born 1968)
- Laurent Gaudé, French writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.