Laurin
Of Gaulish origin, meaning "a resident of Laurium or a laurel tree".
Name Census estimates that about 1,693 living Americans carry the first name Laurin. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 76.9% of registrations being female. The average person named Laurin today is around 42 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Laurin births was 1990 (74 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Laurin. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Laurin started out as a boys' name but over the decades crossed over and is now given to girls far more often.
People living today
1.7K
~ 1 in 202,454 Americans
Peak year
1990
74 babies that year
Average age
42
years old
1999 SSA rank
#10,915
Tracked since 1910
Census
Laurin in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,830 people with the first name Laurin, which placed it at #8,048 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#8,048
National first-name rank
People counted
1.8K
1,830 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.6
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
79.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Laurin
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Laurin is White at 79.3%. The next largest groups are Black (9.9%) and Hispanic (5.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Laurin described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Laurin at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White79.3% · 1,452
- Black or African American9.9% · 181
- Hispanic or Latino5.8% · 106
- Two or more races3.1% · 56
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.4% · 25
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.5% · 10
Gender
Gender distribution for Laurin
Laurin is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 2,078 total registrations, 481 (23.1%) were male and 1,597 (76.9%) were female.
Laurin as a male name
- Ranked #10,915 in 1999
- 5 male births in 1999
- Peak: 1957 (19 births)
Laurin as a female name
- Ranked #16,568 in 2024
- 5 female births in 2024
- Peak: 1990 (74 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Laurin leans strongly female. 1,507 people counted with this name were female (82.3%), compared with 324 male bearers (17.7%).
Popularity
Laurin: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Laurin from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 477 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Laurin by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Laurin during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Laurins live
The SSA's state-level files cover 10 states and territories. North Carolina, Texas, California recorded the most babies named Laurin, while South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 19 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Laurin
The name Laurin is a German masculine given name derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which itself originates from the Roman family name Laurentius meaning "from Laurentum". Laurentum was an ancient town in Latium, a region in central Italy. The name is believed to have originated in the 3rd or 4th century AD when Christianity was spreading across the Roman Empire.
Laurentius was the name of several early Christian saints and martyrs, including Saint Laurentius, a deacon who was martyred in Rome in 258 AD during the persecution of Christians by the Roman Emperor Valerian. His story and martyrdom were widely celebrated, contributing to the popularity of the name Laurentius and its various forms across Europe.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Laurin dates back to the 8th century AD, when a Bavarian monk named Laurin served as the abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Mallersdorf, Bavaria. Another notable historical figure with the name Laurin was Laurin von Dorndorf, a 13th-century German knight and minstrel who is believed to have been the author of the epic poem "Der Kleine Rosengarten" (The Little Rose Garden).
In the 15th century, a German-born artist named Laurin Litzlmann gained fame for his woodcarvings and sculptures in the late Gothic style. He worked in various churches and cathedrals across southern Germany and Austria.
During the Renaissance period, Laurin Litzler (1460-1530) was a prominent German painter and engraver from Nuremberg, known for his religious and mythological works. Another notable figure with this name was Laurin Köstenbaum (1555-1627), a German composer and organist active in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.
In the 19th century, Laurin Zillier (1819-1900) was a German-born artist and painter who emigrated to the United States and became known for his landscapes and portraits depicting scenes from the American frontier.
People
Laurin + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Laurin as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Laurin: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Laurin?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,693 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Laurin going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 202,454 US residents.
Is Laurin a common name?
We classify Laurin as "Rare". It ranks above 93% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 2,078 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Laurin most popular?
The single biggest year for Laurin was 1990, when 74 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Laurin is about 42 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Laurin in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,830 people with the name Laurin, or 0.61 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #8,048 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Laurin in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Laurin?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Laurin leans strongly female. 1,507 people counted with this name were female (82.3%), compared with 324 male bearers (17.7%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Laurin?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Laurin is White at 79.3%. The next largest groups are Black (9.9%) and Hispanic (5.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Laurin most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Laurin in the 2020 Census, accounting for 79.3% (1,452 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Laurin in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Laurin a female name?
Yes, 76.9% of people registered as Laurin in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Laurin still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Laurin in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Laurin can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Laurin as a first name?
If you just want to know how many Americans are named Laurin, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.