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Laurens

Boys' name

Form of Laurentius

Laurens has been given to 150 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1942, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Laurens, 2005

1 in 641,000

Laurens over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Laurens: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Laurentius

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Laurens means

Laurens is a form of Laurentius.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Laurens is used in Dutch.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɑu̯.rəns/ for Laurens.

Origin, language, and formation

Laurens is used in Dutch and German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laurentius, Laurence and Lorenz.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Laurens is pronounced /ˈlɑu̯.rə(n)s/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 150 boys were recorded with the name Laurens between 1915 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1942; its best national rank was #2,619 in 1942.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Laurens?

Laurens had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005
1 in 641,000
6 of 3,844,258 births
Among boys only
1 in 333,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2005
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
444,107 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Laurens sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 444,107 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Laurens. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laurenss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Laurens was born before 1952 — so the typical Laurens is around 73 today.

Median birth year
1952
About 73 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
22.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
15.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
83
People you could plausibly meet
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1950s — 22.7% of all recorded uses (34).

Is Laurens rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1942 (9)
Years since peak
83
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,619
1942

Spellings of Laurens

Laurens is not the most common spelling — Laurence is, with 79.3% against Laurens's 0.30%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Laurens around the world

Where Laurens ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2012
    #4,805
    in 2012
  • France
    1918–2021
    #6,625
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2022–2022
    #2,602
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1964–1983
    #443
    in 1983

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Laurens by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,619
1942
Peak year
1942
9 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
150
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Laurens

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Laurens

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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