Lauren

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Lauren is a given name, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Ireland it is the 36th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and , written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Latin: a laurel wreath or tree; crowned with laurels.

rarermore common
  • IEIreland1 in 359◐
  • AUAustralia1 in 361
  • GBUnited Kingdom1 in 515

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈795K ●

across 9 countries

#464 ●

of 16M given names

3 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
573 ●

4.6M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 207 ◐

France

Spellings & scripts●

LaurenLatin · English●3.1M records
לורןHebrew · Hebrew●8.1K records
ЛоррейнCyrillic · Russian●8 records

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lorraine in BR Brazil, PH Philippines, ZA South Africa and 9 more, לורן in FR France, IL Israel, NZ New Zealand, Laurén in FI Finland and Laurent in CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Latin: a laurel wreath or tree; crowned with laurels

Sources 1

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Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Lauren is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#109446,0613.8M rec.1 in 746446KLauren573
GB United Kingdom#84401,319306K rec.—4Lauren281
FR France—328,505△327 rec.1 in 207329Kלורן12
AU Australia#58321,341221K rec.—94Lauren268
CA Canada#122101,45478K rec.—13Lauren224
PH Philippines#80126,25221K rec.——Lorraine128
IE Ireland#3625,95211K rec.—124Lauren124
ZA South Africa#9122,60322K rec.——Lorraine135
BR Brazil—18,690△99 rec.1 in 11K19KLorraine5
IT Italy#42216,32516K rec.—2Lorraine75
IL Israel#73711,98616K rec.—1.6Kלורן56
DE Germany#98511,04111K rec.—2Lorraine128

Roughly 446K people in United States bear this name (about 1 in 746). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • English3.1M82%
  • 130K3%
  • Portuguese120K3%
  • Spanish118K3%
  • French48K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English3,132,55182%
130,2803%
Portuguese119,8923%
Spanish118,0103%
French47,8761%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lauren is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name148K records spelled Lauren12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Colombia, United Kingdom, Costa Rica

    Languages: Spanish, Italian, Romanian

    Also written Laurén, Läürën, Làuren, Lãúrêñ, 'Lauren

  • a separate given name138K records spelled Lauren3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

    Also written Laurén, Laurèn

  • Portuguese given name124K records spelled Lauren7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Láuren, Lâürên, Laüren, Laurèn, Lâuren

  • Polish given name18K records spelled Lauren48 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, United Kingdom, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Lorene, Loren, Лорен, Лаурен, Laurene

  • Finnish given name11K records spelled Lauren10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Finland, United Kingdom, Sweden

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Laurén, Läurèn, Làùrén, Làurén, Laurèn

  • Vietnamese given name9.8K records spelled Lauren3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Vietnam, United Kingdom, Spain

    Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

    Also written Laurén

  • Indonesian given name8.7K records spelled Lauren4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Philippines

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Lauren, Laurén

67 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lauren is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Irish, Feminine form of Laurence; used in Ireland.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • Feminine version of Laurence. The best known example is screen legend Lauren Bacall. Laurence [Labhras] (m) Latin, ‘of Laurentum’. This name was used to translate the name of St Lorcan (Laurence) O'Toole (died 1180). Lawrence was introduced into Ireland by the Anglo-Normans and became in Irish Labhras.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • Apparently modelled on Laurence, this was first used, or at any rate first brought to public attention, by the film actress Lauren Bacall (born Betty Jean Perske in 1924), famous for her partnership with Humphrey Bogart. They appeared together in several films, especially To Have and Have Not (1943) and The Big Sleep (1946). See also Loren.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • from a Swedish vernacular form of the personal name Laurentius (see Lawrence, Lauri).

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In Swedish, Lauren är en engelsk eller normandisk bildning till latinets laurus ’lagerträd, -kvist’. Även formerna Laureen, Loren och Loreen förekommer. Lorin kan också vara ett kurdiskt namn bildat till ett ord med betydelsen ’vaggsång’. Kända namnbärare är den amerikanska skådespelerskan Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) och den svenska artisten Loreen (egentligen Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui, f. 1983).

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

010K20K30K19001950200021K · 1989

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Lauren in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1884–2025
Yearrecords
18845
18905
18956
18965
19009
19045
19056
19067
19076
19097
191012
191112
191219
191328
191442
191544
191643
191747
191869
191967
192067
192173
192263
192351
192467
192567
192655
192767
192864
192975
193056
193176
193256
193352
193469
193560
193658
193787
193880
193977
194064
194177
194261
194386
194465
1945381
1946415
1947419
1948422
1949447
1950425
1951417
1952515
1953586
1954735
1955856
1956934
19571,306
19581,346
19591,351
19601,335
19611,258
19621,122
19631,258
19641,376
19651,302
19661,186
19671,187
19681,140
19691,302
19701,308
19711,120
19721,006
19731,096
19741,393
19751,845
19762,216
19772,549
19783,669
19795,625
19807,476
19818,813
198211,589
198312,944
198414,475
198515,768
198616,684
198716,710
198819,637
198921,065
199020,506
199118,412
199217,215
199316,194
199415,158
199513,443
199612,595
199713,248
199812,908
199913,911
200014,176
200112,782
200212,327
200311,051
20049,983
20059,249
20068,498
20077,437
20086,455
20095,204
20104,466
20114,100
20123,660
20133,350
20143,097
20152,697
20162,325
20171,992
20181,705
20191,513
20201,278
2021969
2022987
2023900
2024882
2025777

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 126 years between 1884–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1850190019502000Jane Addams, b. 1860Laura Ingalls Wilder, b. 1867Laura Antonelli, b. 1941Laura Bush, b. 1946Lauren Holly, b. 1963Laura Harring, b. 1964Laura Dern, b. 1967Winona Ryder, b. 1971Emily Blunt, b. 1983Amber Heard, b. 1986
  • Jane Addamsb. 1860USnot in their usual nameAmerican feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer (1860–1935)
  • Laura Ingalls Wilderb. 1867USnot in their usual nameAmerican children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
  • Laura Antonellib. 1941ITnot in their usual nameItalian actress (1941-2015)
  • Laura Bushb. 1946USnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009
  • Lauren Hollyb. 1963USAmerican actress
  • Laura Harringb. 1964MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress and Miss USA 1985
  • Laura Dernb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and producer (born 1967)
  • Winona Ryderb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Emily Bluntb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (born 1983)
  • Amber Heardb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 91 sources across 50 countries.

Official registers attesting Lauren
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020446K#103
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202210K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—10K#1,662
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—5.1K#3,331
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)20244K#2,861
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20203.3K#103
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—3K#1,050
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)20201.9K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020932#27,401
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—897#592
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010788#29,822
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025777—

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,097 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lauren?
We estimate roughly 795 thousand people bear Lauren (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
In which country does Lauren have the most bearers?
We estimate about 446 thousand people bear Lauren in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled lauren.
Where is Lauren most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lauren is densest in France — about 1 in 207 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is Lauren compared with other names?
In the United States, Lauren is the 109th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.
Is Lauren a male or female name?
Lauren is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
What does the name Lauren mean?
Recorded meaning: Latin: a laurel wreath or tree; crowned with laurels
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Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lauren” — the 109th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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