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How popular is the name Lawrence?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lawrences are alive today.
Lawrence (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 549th in 2025 with 71 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1904, when around 1,800 babies were given the name, the 56th most popular that year. It has declined since 1904; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 68,000 babies have been named Lawrence in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Lawrence is one spelling of a name also recorded as Laurence; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
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 Lawrence each year?
Includes all spellings: Lawrence, Laurence. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lawrence spelling rank?
Where does the Laurence 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 Lawrence most popular?
Lawrence peaked in 1904, when around 1,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Lawrence?
At least 34,000 people named Lawrence in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lawrence?
Most living Lawrences are between 35 and 69; the most common age is about 64.
Is Lawrence 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.