Laurance

Boy · recorded 1885–2011

  • 2011last recorded
  • 1885best year

Most popular in 1885.

Last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

0336518851917194819802011

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 91 recorded years as a table
Laurance, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188565
190560
190839
190943
191226
191325
191427
191526
191629
191716
191822
191924
192020
192124
192221
192325
192421
192518
192628
192728
192818
192927
193019
193129
193221
193324
193423
193529
193622
193729
193817
193924
194039
194128
194226
194325
194424
194522
194621
194719
194826
194923
195023
195118
195222
195321
195419
195514
195622
195710
195816
195915
196018
196111
196210
196311
196413
196510
196613
196712
19689
19697
19708
197111
19724
19738
19754
19765
19779
19787
19798
19807
19814
19826
19833
19846
19854
19865
19879
19885
19898
19904
19915
19925
19935
19955
19973
19987
20014
20083
20113

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Laurance isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2011
6
Rank in 2011
#10,808
How rare
1 in 316,542 boys
Since 1885
1,932

Laurance was last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1885, at 65 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Laurance doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.