Lawrence Boy Name

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The name Lawrence is of Latin origin, and means crowned with laurel. The table below indicates the number of times the name Lawrence has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lawrence**
Use of the Name Lawrence for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
447,969	155,615	36,790	9,253	4,055	1,572	759

The table below indicates the number of times the name Lawrence has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lawrence**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	65	258
1881	66	244
1882	63	287
1883	61	282
1884	71	262
1885	64	288
1886	57	331
1887	60	283
1888	61	343
1889	56	343
1890	52	372
1891	46	389
1892	44	468
1893	51	395
1894	49	431
1895	41	509
1896	46	499
1897	41	506
1898	44	534
1899	40	497
1900	40	661
1901	37	536
1902	37	598
1903	43	536
1904	38	662
1905	38	670
1906	36	716
1907	34	800
1908	35	815
1909	35	855
1910	35	1,006
1911	37	1,220
1912	38	2,462
1913	35	2,848
1914	36	3,705
1915	37	4,695
1916	37	4,747
1917	36	5,101
1918	38	5,376
1919	38	5,201
1920	36	5,724
1921	37	5,983
1922	36	5,784
1923	36	5,899
1924	36	5,787
1925	36	5,616
1926	36	5,592
1927	37	5,552
1928	39	5,573
1929	38	5,306
1930	36	5,623
1931	38	5,355
1932	36	5,285
1933	38	4,908
1934	34	5,316
1935	35	5,350
1936	37	5,337
1937	38	5,504
1938	36	5,864
1939	37	5,874
1940	36	6,173
1941	34	6,630
1942	30	7,660
1943	32	7,519
1944	32	7,130
1945	30	7,151
1946	31	8,498
1947	32	9,544
1948	31	9,744
1949	32	10,215
1950	33	10,184
1951	33	10,224
1952	35	10,288
1953	37	9,845
1954	39	9,586
1955	42	9,112
1956	42	8,868
1957	46	8,755
1958	52	7,517
1959	62	6,599
1960	64	6,379
1961	67	6,073
1962	70	5,615
1963	68	5,708
1964	68	5,464
1965	66	4,956
1966	66	4,650
1967	66	4,344
1968	67	4,099
1969	70	4,049
1970	83	3,821
1971	85	3,521
1972	100	2,829
1973	105	2,521
1974	100	2,539
1975	111	2,358
1976	113	2,242
1977	114	2,309
1978	113	2,244
1979	122	2,253
1980	129	2,167
1981	125	2,189
1982	128	2,127
1983	132	2,024
1984	142	1,866
1985	144	1,939
1986	151	1,784
1987	146	1,892
1988	150	1,854
1989	172	1,752
1990	174	1,781
1991	184	1,729
1992	192	1,614
1993	196	1,551
1994	236	1,268
1995	248	1,149
1996	256	1,113
1997	285	984
1998	277	1,037
1999	313	915
2000	323	885
2001	340	807
2002	345	791
2003	342	813
2004	363	759
Totals:		447,969		0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Lawrence as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.

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