Lawerence
Lawerence is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 609th, in 1949.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1949125 births
- Best rank
- #609in 1949
- Since 1881
- 4,818people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,818 boys have been named Lawerence in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1949, with 125 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 125 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1950s alone account for 20%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lawerence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 42 | |
| 1900s | 81 | |
| 1910s | 441 | |
| 1920s | 730 | |
| 1930s | 732 | |
| 1940s | 861 | |
| 1950s | 957 | |
| 1960s | 416 | |
| 1970s | 210 | |
| 1980s | 163 | |
| 1990s | 102 | |
| 2000s | 57 | |
| 2010s | 16 |
In 1949, its biggest year
Lawerence was the 609th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1949 were James, Robert, John, William and Michael. See all of 1949.
Names that rose and fell with Lawerence
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rogerspeak 1950
- Linwoodpeak 1948
- Sammiepeak 1947
- Boycepeak 1934
- Garlandpeak 1922
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Haywardpeak 1956
- Melvinpeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.