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Laurence
OriginEnglish from Latin
Meaning"from Laurentum or bay laurel"
GenderBoy
US Rank#996
Top 1000
NB Rank#504
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About Laurence
Variation of Lawrence
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,264 | 59 | 30.7 |
| 2015 | #2,249 | 60 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | #2,354 | 56 | 29.5 |
| 2017 | #1,991 | 72 | 38.9 |
| 2018 | #2,250 | 61 | 33.6 |
| 2019 | #2,277 | 61 | 34 |
| 2020 | #1,989 | 72 | 41.7 |
| 2021 | #2,265 | 62 | 35.4 |
| 2022 | #2,540 | 54 | 30.9 |
| 2023 | #2,137 | 68 | 39.8 |
| 2024 | #2,196 | 66 | 38.3 |
| 2025 | #1,747 | 93 | 54.4 |
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- Laurence Sterne
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- Laurence John Fishburne III
American actor
- Laurence Eugene "Lon" Myers
American world,record,setting runner
- Laurence George "Laurie" Main
Australian actor
- Laurence Tureaud aka Mr. T.
American actor
- Laurence Paul Fox
English actor
- (Laurence) Kim Peek
American savant and was inspiration for movie "Rain Man"
- Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne)
Lithuanian actor
- (Robert) Laurence Binyon
English poet
- Laurence Leavy
American Lawyer, better known as the Marlins Man
Laurence in pop culture
- Theodore "Laurie" Laurence
character in "Little Women"
- Laurence Dominic
character on TV's Dollhouse
- Laurence
character in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
Variations & nicknames
- LaurencioSpanish
- LauroFilipino
- LaurensDutch
- LaurisSwedish
- LaurentFrench
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