Lauren Name Popularity

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How popular is Lauren?

Ranking 171st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lauren is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 250, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #9 in 1989 with 21,063 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Lauren in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1938.

Approximately during the years 1941-1945, 1950-1957, 1973-1989, and 1996-1999, the name Lauren took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1990-1996, and 2000-2017.

Lauren became more popular as a girls name in 1945.

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Lauren be?

Lauren's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Lauren has dropped.

The name Lauren is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Lauren is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Lauren (Girl)		Lauren (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,696	171	< 5	--
2017		1,982	149	5	13,398
2016		2,322	134	8	9,334
2015		2,692	119	7	10,167
2014		3,090	94	7	10,259
2013		3,345	92	11	7,343
2012		3,658	72	14	6,184
2011		4,098	62	9	8,484
2010		4,466	58	9	8,507
2009		5,199	46	7	10,537
2008		6,450	30	12	7,018
2007		7,435	28	18	5,131
2006		8,497	24	17	5,207
2005		9,247	21	31	3,285
2004		9,981	16	47	2,400
2003		11,050	15	23	3,792
2002		12,325	13	34	2,793
2001		12,781	15	29	3,108
2000		14,175	11	29	3,040
1999		13,911	12	37	2,439
1998		12,907	14	26	3,062
1997		13,245	14	37	2,288
1996		12,594	16	36	2,282
1995		13,445	15	42	2,007
1994		15,157	14	40	2,066
1993		16,186	12	33	2,325
1992		17,214	12	44	1,866
1991		18,407	13	64	1,425
1990		20,506	10	94	1,107
1989		21,063	9	134	873
1988		19,638	11	99	974
1987		16,705	16	108	906
1986		16,678	14	81	1,034
1985		15,768	15	114	842
1984		14,476	21	96	896
1983		12,945	24	100	883
1982		11,593	26	75	1,053
1981		8,808	35	77	1,040
1980		7,477	38	57	1,220
1979		5,627	45	51	1,295
1978		3,670	80	49	1,293
1977		2,552	114	33	1,656
1976		2,220	125	37	1,485
1975		1,846	144	32	1,609
1974		1,394	187	30	1,639
1973		1,097	232	31	1,571
1972		1,006	262	30	1,586
1971		1,121	261	45	1,247
1970		1,311	238	42	1,286
1969		1,304	232	53	1,070
1968		1,140	243	41	1,197
1967		1,186	242	35	1,281
1966		1,186	245	38	1,228
1965		1,303	236	54	1,008
1964		1,377	234	44	1,169
1963		1,257	250	61	966
1962		1,122	267	53	1,049
1961		1,259	248	51	1,101
1960		1,335	239	59	1,000
1959		1,351	235	59	1,008
1958		1,346	225	75	876
1957		1,305	234	61	978
1956		934	287	63	942
1955		856	297	68	905
1954		735	313	73	857
1953		586	343	65	895
1952		515	364	89	749
1951		417	407	86	757
1950		425	393	74	793
1949		447	370	76	791
1948		422	387	72	801
1947		419	390	91	721
1946		415	370	80	735
1945		380	355	62	787
1944		46	1,165	65	778
1943		15	2,392	86	696
1942		17	2,154	61	837
1941		9	3,137	77	706
1940		9	3,092	64	777
1939		5	4,601	77	678
1938		< 5	--	80	678
1937		< 5	--	87	625
1936		< 5	--	58	808
1935		6	4,002	60	799
1934		< 5	--	69	738
1933		5	4,566	52	861
1932		< 5	--	56	857
1931		< 5	--	76	694
1930		< 5	--	56	887
1929		< 5	--	75	726
1928		< 5	--	64	822
1927		< 5	--	67	817
1926		< 5	--	55	908
1925		< 5	--	67	812
1924		6	4,766	67	830
1923		< 5	--	51	969
1922		< 5	--	63	869
1921		< 5	--	73	796
1920		< 5	--	67	822
1919		< 5	--	67	794
1918		< 5	--	69	785
1917		< 5	--	47	940
1916		< 5	--	43	978
1915		< 5	--	44	947
1914		< 5	--	42	830
1913		< 5	--	28	941
1912		< 5	--	19	1,077
1911		< 5	--	12	1,017
1910		< 5	--	12	962
1909		< 5	--	7	1,219
1908		< 5	--	< 5	--
1907		< 5	--	6	1,274
1906		< 5	--	7	1,067
1905		< 5	--	6	1,173
1904		< 5	--	5	1,312
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	9	943
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	5	1,188
1895		< 5	--	6	1,034
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	5	1,089
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	5	1,056
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.