girls:
7 births since 2023
#5709 (0th percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1912
#2835 (38th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1912
#5800 (25th percentile)
The name Laurent is the #5,800 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,970 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 25.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,835 (38.1% percentile) for all time with 1,963 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,709 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 2023.
Laurent first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 2023 for girls).
The name Laurent has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 79.4% of babies named Laurent were boys.
For boys, Laurent reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #505) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Laurent ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 43.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Laurent reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #945) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Currently, Laurent is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #945 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laurent".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Laurent", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 31 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Lauren" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Lauren..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Laurent. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.8% confident that Laurent is pronounced as LAW-ruhnt, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is law-RAHN, at 21.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like L AO1 R AH0 N T) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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