Lauren
Say it: LOR-en
GirlMeans usually linked with the laurel6 letters2 syllables
#118
in Ireland (2025)
#120 with spellings combined
39
babies in 2025
#6
best rank (2001)
10,040
babies since 1971
Down 101
10-year rank change
Lauren through the years
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| Year | Babies (girls) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #120 |
| 2024 | 34 | #136 |
| 2023 | 56 | #90 |
| 2022 | 71 | #76 |
| 2021 | 73 | #79 |
| 2020 | 87 | #62 |
| 2019 | 124 | #47 |
| 2018 | 164 | #35 |
| 2017 | 152 | #36 |
| 2016 | 224 | #25 |
| 2015 | 265 | #19 |
| 2014 | 261 | #24 |
| 2013 | 279 | #21 |
| 2012 | 290 | #23 |
| 2011 | 305 | #22 |
| 2010 | 339 | #21 |
| 2009 | 371 | #12 |
| 2008 | 343 | #19 |
| 2007 | 283 | #22 |
| 2006 | 320 | #21 |
| 2005 | 312 | #19 |
| 2004 | 318 | #17 |
| 2003 | 311 | #15 |
| 2002 | 402 | #10 |
| 2001 | 477 | #6 |
| 2000 | 451 | #8 |
| 1999 | 452 | #9 |
| 1998 | 363 | #10 |
| 1997 | 473 | #12 |
| 1996 | 485 | #7 |
| 1995 | 492 | #8 |
| 1994 | 354 | #11 |
| 1993 | 213 | #26 |
| 1992 | 190 | #30 |
| 1991 | 179 | #32 |
| 1990 | 96 | #71 |
| 1989 | 87 | #75 |
| 1988 | 73 | #94 |
| 1987 | 47 | #129 |
| 1986 | 53 | #117 |
| 1985 | 29 | #181 |
| 1984 | 31 | #181 |
| 1983 | 26 | #195 |
| 1982 | 18 | #248 |
| 1981 | 11 | #313 |
| 1980 | 7 | #370 |
| 1979 | 3 | #523 |
| 1978 | 4 | #469 |
| 1971 | 3 | #466 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.
★ What does Lauren mean?
Usually linked with the laurel
Latin, via Laurentius, the name behind Laurence.
Say it right
LORen
The story of Lauren
Lauren grew from Laurence, which comes from the Latin Laurentius. That name is usually linked with the laurel tree, though it may first have meant a man from Laurentum, a town near Rome. Lauren is still used now and then for boys, but it is overwhelmingly a girls’ name today, and Laura is a close cousin.
The American actor Lauren Bacall, a film star from the 1940s, is its best-known early bearer.
In Ireland Lauren first reached the CSO list in 1971 and rose fast in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It peaked at 492 girls in 1995, and its best rank was number 6 in 2001. It has fallen steadily since, to 39 girls in 2025. In Northern Ireland it went even higher, reaching 2nd in 2001.
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Sources
- Wiktionary: Lauren (English proper noun)
- Wikipedia: Lauren
- CSO VSA60, Girls Names in Ireland with 3 or More Occurrences
- NISRA Baby Names, Northern Ireland
At a glance
Similar names
Sibling ideas
Nicknames
Laurie
Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Lauren | 39 | 10,040 |
In Northern Ireland
Not in the 2025 list. Best rank #2 (2001); 2,428 babies since 1997.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.