Masterpiece Generator Name Generator
How popular is the name Laurence?
Births per year, rank history and how many Laurences are alive today.
Laurence (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Lawrence in England and Wales, ranked 401st in 2025 with 101 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1914, when around 710 babies were given the name, the 87th most popular that year. It has declined since 1914; the 2025 figure is roughly 14% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 39,000 babies have been named Laurence in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lawrence you are most likely to meet is around 64 years old. Half of all Lawrences born in England and Wales are between 35 and 69, and there are at least 34,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly an 11% chance that at least one of them will be called Lawrence.
How many babies are named Laurence each year?
Includes all spellings: Laurence, Lawrence. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Laurence spelling rank?
Where does the Lawrence spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Laurence most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Lawrence, peaked in 1904, when around 1,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Laurence spelling itself peaked in 1914, with around 710 babies.
How many people are called Laurence?
At least 34,000 people named Laurence in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Laurence?
Most living Laurences are between 35 and 69; the most common age is about 64.
Is Laurence becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.