girl's name

Lauryn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 28,397

Northern Ireland

#230

2009 births

Lauryn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 148 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1999, when 1,883 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 22,401 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1952.

Lauryn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

8,670
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lauryn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 19
1960s 85
1970s 138
1980s 1,099
1990s 4,984
2000s 8,670
2010s 5,594
2020s (to 2025) 1,579

How popular is Lauryn?

In 2025, Lauryn was given to 148 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Lauryn is used

Northern Ireland #230 8 in 2009
Ireland #661 5 in 2022
Scotland #699 4 in 2016
United States #1,454 148 in 2025
Canada #2,765 7 in 2024
France #5,764 5 in 2025
England & Wales #6,669 3 in 2025

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 Lauryn

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

Parents who like Lauryn also like

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

Sibling names for Lauryn

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

Common questions about Lauryn

How popular is the name Lauryn?

In 2025, Lauryn was given to 148 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Lauryn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lauryn most popular?

Lauryn peaked in 1999, when 1,883 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Lauryn a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lauryn currently ranks #1,454 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.