# Lawrence (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lawrence/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɔɹəns/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Larry, Law, Laurie, Lawrie, Laws, Loz, Larson |
| Variant spellings | Lieurance, Lauren |
| US babies named this | 463,357 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 461,170 / 2,187 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,474, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

See Laurence.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11 | 7,629 |
| 1991 | 16 | 5,823 |
| 1992 | 7 | 11,151 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,700 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,262 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,490 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,715 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,309 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,804 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,962 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,758 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,663 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,764 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,287 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,616 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 595 | 453 |
| 2012 | 601 | 452 |
| 2013 | 585 | 476 |
| 2014 | 639 | 460 |
| 2015 | 582 | 499 |
| 2016 | 614 | 493 |
| 2017 | 587 | 494 |
| 2018 | 579 | 498 |
| 2019 | 530 | 535 |
| 2020 | 498 | 563 |
| 2021 | 484 | 580 |
| 2022 | 541 | 550 |
| 2023 | 521 | 558 |
| 2024 | 600 | 508 |
| 2025 | 578 | 520 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 109 | 369 |
| 2012 | 97 | 411 |
| 2013 | 108 | 375 |
| 2014 | 103 | 395 |
| 2015 | 117 | 373 |
| 2016 | 106 | 404 |
| 2017 | 117 | 386 |
| 2018 | 82 | 486 |
| 2019 | 92 | 443 |
| 2020 | 67 | 551 |
| 2021 | 77 | 509 |
| 2022 | 76 | 515 |
| 2023 | 76 | 514 |
| 2024 | 66 | 576 |
| 2025 | 71 | 549 |

## People named Lawrence

- William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
- Lawrence Lessig, American academic, political activist
- Lawrence Klein, American economist (1920-2013)
- Lawrence Durrell, British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer (1912–1990)
- Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-born British painter (1836–1912)
- Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American artist, writer and activist (1919–2021)
- Lawrence M. Krauss, American particle physicist and cosmologist
- Lawrence Eagleburger, American statesman and diplomat (1930-2011)
- Lawrence O'Donnell, American television presenter
- Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer
- Lawrence Summers, American economist and government official (born 1954)

## 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.