How Many People Are Named Lauren?
people named Lauren are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 734 people in the US has this name
Based on 481,395 babies named Lauren in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
21,199 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant or feminine form of LAURENCE (1). Originally a masculine name, it was first popularized as a feminine name by actress Betty Jean Perske (1924-), who used Lauren Bacall as her stage name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lauren in English. Counting Lauren and these spellings together, about 501,759 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lauren, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lauren rose from 0% in the 1910s to 99.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lauren alive today is about 32 years old, and 57% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lauren first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1989, to 21,199 babies. In 2025, 777 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lauren reached #9 among girls' names in 1989, and was in the top 10 for 2 years, 1989 to 1990. In 2025 it ranked #401.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #401 |
| Best rank | #9 (1989) |
| Years in the top 10 | 2 |
| Years in the top 100 | 37 (1978 to 2014) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #13 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lauren alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lauren were born in California than in any other state: about 45,976 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lauren was given 1.8 times as often in Delaware, 1.6 times in District of Columbia and 1.6 times in New Jersey.
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