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Lawayne vs Lawerence

American parents have registered 4,818 Lawerences since 1880, against 579 Lawaynes. But in 2025 it was Lawayne that was commoner, 9 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Lawayne against Lawerence, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Lawayne Lawerence

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 133 years in which either name was published, Lawerence for 110 years and Lawayne for 23 years. The lead changed hands 9 times.

Side by side

  Lawayne Lawerence
Total US births 5794,818
Most in one year 15125
Babies in 2025 9under 5
Estimated living today 4802,000
Median age today 3568
Peak year 19401949
Best rank 1,802nd boys607th boys
Rank in 2025 8,243rdunranked
First recorded 19261881
Girls / boys 10 / 5690 / 4,818

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Lawerences alive today are over 68; half the Lawaynes are over 35. That is 33 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lawayne and Lawerence.