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Laurent

#6,021 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Laurentius

Laurent has been given to 2,014 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #6,021 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1927, with 39 recorded.

Babies named Laurent, 2025

1 in 221,000

Laurent over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Laurent: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Laurentius

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Laurent means

Laurent is a form of Laurentius.

Origin, language, and formation

Laurent is used in French.

Laurent comes through Old French Lorenz and Latin Laurentius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laurentius and Laurence.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Laurent is pronounced /lɔ.ʁɑ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,994 boys were recorded with the name Laurent between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 39 in 1927; its best national rank was #1,155 in 1927.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,157 in 2020 to #6,021 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,910 in 2015 to #6,021 in 2025.

In the United States, 20 girls were recorded with the name Laurent between 2018 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2024; its best national rank was #11,701 in 2024.

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 Laurent?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 114,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,021
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Laurent 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 2025 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 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Laurent. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laurents were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Laurent was born before 1961 — so the typical Laurent is around 64 today.

Median birth year
1961
About 64 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
14.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
18.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,226
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Choose a decade

1920s — 14.0% of all recorded uses (279).

Is Laurent 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
+36
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+136
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+889
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.25×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.5%
Peak was 1927 (39)
Years since peak
98
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,155
1927

Spellings of Laurent

Laurent is not the most common spelling — Laurence is, with 79.5% against Laurent's 4.0%.

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.

Where Laurent is used

Across 1910–2025, Laurent was most concentrated in New Hampshire — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 127,647 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

010 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Hampshire1 in 10,000
  2. 2Maine1 in 12,500
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in 25,000
  4. 4Rhode Island1 in 33,333
  5. 5California1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Laurent has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Laurent around the world

Where Laurent 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
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #1,916
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #99
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1970–2011
    #784
    in 2011

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.

Laurent by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,021
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 136
Best rank ever
#1,155
1927
Peak year
1927
39 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,994
Count in 2025
15

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,701
2024
Peak year
2024
8 that year
First recorded
2018
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
20
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Laurent

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

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Sibling names for Laurent

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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