Lawrence
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Lawrence
Lawrence has survived from Roman times, when Laurentium was a city noted for its laurel trees (the laurel is a symbol of wisdom and achievement). It was in the Top 50 from the 1890s through the 1950s and the Top 100 for decades longer, always among the most popular boys' names starting with L, but Lawrence is now used less for babies than Landon or Lorenzo.
Lawrence for boys#520 US
Nickname Lauro perks it up while Larry feels terminally dated. Loren and Laurie make it more unisex. The Laurence spelling was popularized by Sir Laurence Olivier and is also attached to fellow actor Laurence Fishburne.
Lawrence for girls#12616 US
We approve of this name for a girl, but prefer the au, Laura-Laurenish, spelling.
Pronounced LOR-ens.
As of October 2026, Lawrence ranked #520 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #30 in 1942, Nameberry popularity #277.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #460 | 639 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #499 | 582 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #493 | 614 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #494 | 587 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #497 | 579 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #535 | 530 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #563 | 498 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #578 | 484 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #549 | 541 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #558 | 521 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #509 | 596 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #520 | 578 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Lawrence for boys
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Lawrence on lists
Famous Lawrences
- Lawrence O'DonnellBoy
MSNBC news anchor
- Saint Lawrence of RomeBoy
ancient martyr
- Lawrence TaylorBoy
American football player
- Lawrence TynesBoy
American football player
- Lawrence JoelBoy
American war hero
- Lawrence GrayBoy
American actor
- Lawrence WelkBoy
American entertainer and band leader
- Lawrence Maxwell KraussBoy
Canadian,American theoretical physicist and cosmologist
- Lawrence LessigBoy
American academic and political activist
- Thomas Edward Lawrence aka Lawrence of ArabiaBoy
British colonel
- David Herbert "D.H." LawrenceBoy
English novelist
- Lawrence Henry "Larry" SummersBoy
former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- Lawrence George DurrellBoy
British novelist
- Lawrence (Hayward)Boy
English musician of bands Felt, Denim and Go Kart Mozart
- Lawrence Edward KasdanBoy
American screenwriter and producer
- William Lawrence BraggBoy
British,Australian physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Jennifer LawrenceGirl
American actress
Lawrence in pop culture
- Lawrence "Larry" DaleyBoy
character in Night at the "Museum"
- Lawrence FletcherBoy
father on animated series "Phineas and Ferb"
- Lawrence SeldenBoy
character in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth
- Lawrence Anthony "Larry" BealeBoy
from TV series "Even Stevens"
- Lawrence "Moe" CurlsBoy
character from game series 'Ace Attorney'
- Lawrence PoirierBoy
character in comic strip "For Better or for Worse"
- Lawrence GordonBoy
character in Saw movie franchise
- Nicknames: LarryBoy
Lary, Law, Lawry
- LawrenceGirl
KS , Home to the University of Kansas
Variations & nicknames
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- LauranceBoy
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- LaurentiosBoy
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- LaurenzBoy
- LaurieBoy
- LauritsBoy
- LavransBoy
- LavrensBoy
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- LawBoy
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- LawreyBoy
- LawrieBoy
- LawronBoy
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- LenchoBoy
- LonBoy
- LonnieBoy
- LonnyBoy
- LoranBoy
- LorecaBoy
- LorenBoy
- LorenceBoy
- LorentzBoy
- LorenzenBoy
- LorinBoy
- LoritzBoy
- LornBoy
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- LorrieBoy
- LorryBoy
- LowranceBoy