girls:
545 births since 1946
#5171 (10th percentile)
boys:
370 births since 1923
#4216 (8th percentile)
overall:
915 births since 1923
#6824 (12th percentile)
The name Laren is the #6,824 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 915 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 11.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,171 (9.5% percentile) for all time with 545 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,216 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 370 births since 1923.
Laren first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (1923 for boys and 1946 for girls). Birth data for Laren is available in 74 out of the 98 years between 1923 and 2020. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Laren has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (59.6% of all recorded births). In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Laren were girls. Interestingly, until around 1979, the name was more popular for boys (76.6% boys from 1923 to 1978), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (82.1% girls from 1979 to 2020).
For girls, Laren reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #777) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
For boys, Laren reached its peak popularity in 1946, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #577) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1944, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laren".
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