# Lauryn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lauryn/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,168 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 22,156 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,592, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Spelling variant of Lauren.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 570 | 515 |
| 2012 | 589 | 516 |
| 2013 | 603 | 499 |
| 2014 | 599 | 516 |
| 2015 | 622 | 508 |
| 2016 | 587 | 531 |
| 2017 | 533 | 567 |
| 2018 | 438 | 670 |
| 2019 | 456 | 640 |
| 2020 | 389 | 717 |
| 2021 | 303 | 893 |
| 2022 | 290 | 930 |
| 2023 | 228 | 1,086 |
| 2024 | 221 | 1,111 |
| 2025 | 148 | 1,455 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | 9,537 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,575 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 20 | 1,391 |
| 2009 | 13 | 1,909 |
| 2010 | 12 | 2,104 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Lauryn

- Lauryn Hill, American singer and rapper (born 1975)
- Lauryn Williams, American sprint athlete

## 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.