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Lauren

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~467,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#401 among girls
Births in 2025
777 481,395 since 1880
Typical age
33 years, median

Lauren popularity over time

Lauren rank by birth year, 1924–2025Lauren ranked #4,434 in 1924 and #401 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #9, in 1989.#10#100#1,000#401best #9 in 198919401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1924–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Lauren was used most in 1989, when 21,199 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1884. Lauren has spent 37 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #401, with 777 births that year. The ten-year change is -71%. It slipped 50 places against the previous year.

Babies named Lauren per yearPeaks at 21,199 births in 1989.21,199 in 1989018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Lauren?

An estimated 467,200 living Americans are called Lauren. SSA has recorded 481,395 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Lauren?

Half of living Laurens are older than 33, half younger. More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Lauren a late 20th-century name.

Your Lauren

Ages of living people named LaurenHalf of living Laurens are older than 33 and half younger.median 33020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Lauren is most common

Relative to births, North Dakota carries 3.9× the national share of Laurens. South Dakota, Nebraska and Mississippi follow.

Where Lauren is used more than average5 states use the name Lauren more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: 3.9× the national rateNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: 2.4× the national rateSDIowa: 2.3× the national rateIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: 2.4× the national rateNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 2.3× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Lauren is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
North Dakota 97 3.9×
South Dakota 63 2.4×
Nebraska 155 2.4×
Mississippi 198 2.3×
Iowa 231 2.3×

Is Lauren a boy's or a girl's name?

99% girls1% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 98.8% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Lauren in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Lauren ranked #1,166 in 2025 on 28 births. That is 64% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Lauren comes from

Doublet of Laurence.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Lauren

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Lauren Graham American actress, producer and novelist 1967 51
Lauren Cohan American-British actress 1982 47
Lauren Holly American actress 1963 46
Lauren German American actress 1978 38
Lauren Hutton American model, actress, and entrepreneur 1943 35
Lauren Jauregui American singer and songwriter 1996 35
Lauren Ambrose American actress 1978 34
Lauren Jackson Australian basketball player 1981 34
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 111 in 1944 to 443 in 1945 — 4.0 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Lauren

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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