Law

#7,462 in 2025Boys' name

Diminutive of Laurence

Law has been given to 196 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #7,462 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Law, 2025

1 in 301,000

Law over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Law: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Laurence

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Law means

Law is a diminutive of Laurence.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Law → Laurence. The family’s proposed meaning is “laurel”, recorded in English with the source elements laurus.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Clipping of Lawrence; From the given name Lawrence.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Law (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Law is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laurence and Lawrence.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 196 boys were recorded with the name Law between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2022; its best national rank was #5,769 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,492 in 2020 to #7,462 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,530 in 2015 to #7,462 in 2025.

How common is Law?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 155,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,462; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Law 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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Law. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laws were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Law was born before 2018 — so the typical Law is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 46.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 196; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 46.4% of all recorded uses (91).

Is Law 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: −1,116; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −970; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,068; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.83×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 68.8%; Peak was 2022 (16)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,769; 2022

Law around the world

Where Law 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
1999–1999
#2,943
in 1999

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Law by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,462
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 970
Best rank ever: #5,769; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 16 that year
First recorded: 2006
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 196
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Law

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

Lawsen Lawan Lawayne Lawsyn Lawren Lawless Lawton Lawyer Lawrnce Lawaia Lawi Lawence Waclaw Lawrenc Lawon Lawarence Lawrene Boleslaw Stanislaw Lawernce Lawson Lawler Lawarnce Lawell

Sibling names for Law

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Kale Aaden Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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