boy's name

Laurance

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 1,983

Ireland

#277

1983 births

Laurance is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2011 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1956, when 47 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1885.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Laurance over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

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'80 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Laurance by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 7
1900s 21
1910s 151
1920s 252
1930s 251
1940s 368
1950s 362
1960s 225
1970s 107
1980s 107
1990s 66
2000s 14
2010s (to 2011) 6

How popular is Laurance?

In 2011, Laurance was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Laurance is used

Ireland #277 5 in 1983
France #1,094 5 in 1920
Canada #3,036 5 in 2003
England & Wales #5,765 3 in 2011
United States #11,860 6 in 2011

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Laurance

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Laurance also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Laurance over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Laurance

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Laurance — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Laurance

How popular is the name Laurance?

In 2011, Laurance was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Laurance is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Laurance?

Laurance has 2 syllables.

When was Laurance most popular?

Laurance peaked in 1956, when 47 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.