Lawren
#16,265 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lawren has been given to 1,157 babies in the U.S. since 1948. In 2025 it ranked #16,265 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 38 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.
Babies named Lawren, 2025
1 in 663,000
Lawren over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Lawren over time
In 2025, Lawren went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Lawren?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 321,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #16,265
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lawren sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lawren. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lawrens were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lawren was born before 1997 — so the typical Lawren is around 28 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 25.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 40.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,092
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 25.4% of all recorded uses (279).
Is Lawren 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
- −3,386
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −9,181
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −9,132
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.29×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 13.2%
- Peak was 1989 (38)
- Years since peak
- 36
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 24.5% average annual change
Spellings of Lawren
Lawren is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 60.8% against Lawren's 0.07%.
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 Lawren is used
Across 1910–2025, Lawren was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 514,642 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Pennsylvania1 in —
- 3Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Lawren has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lawren around the world
Where Lawren 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 & Wales1996–1996#3,795in 1996
- Canada1991–1991#2,397in 1991
- South Australia1958–1958#598in 1958
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Lawren by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Lawren
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lawren
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.