Lauren
Lauren is mostly a feminine given name. The name's meaning may be "laurel tree", "sweet of honor", or "wisdom". It is derived from the French name Laurence, a feminine version of Laurent, which is in turn derived from the Roman surname Laurentius.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lauren
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lauren is mostly a feminine given name. The name's meaning may be "laurel tree", "sweet of honor", or "wisdom". It is derived from the French name Laurence, a feminine version of Laurent, which is in turn derived from the Roman surname Laurentius.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lauren
American parents first put Lauren on the record books as a baby girl name in 1924, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1989, when 21,065 Laurens were born — ranking #9 that year. About 32% of every Lauren on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Lauren ranks #395 for baby girls with 776 births, falling sharply (-42%). All told, over 476K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lauren
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About the name Lauren
Lauren is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1924 and has accumulated 476K births in the dataset. Lauren's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #9. Use the chart and map above to compare Lauren's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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