Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Lawren isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lawren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,157
- 59 boys · 1,098 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,269 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −61%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,269 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 60.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,064 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lawren’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lawren
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Lawren, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Larissa
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Taryn
“of the thunder” · “from the high, rocky hill”
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