Female name
Lauren
50,695 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 8.
Origin
Latin clipping of Laurentius. Doublet of Laurence.From Wiktionary, entry “Lauren”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 6,302 births. 50,695 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 5th among girls' names in 1996. It is still given: 217 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1989: 21,199 births. 481,395 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 9th among girls' names in 1989. It really came into use around 1913. It is still given: 4,536 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1995: 492 births. 10,040 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 7th among girls' names in 1996. It really came into use around 1983. It is still given: 273 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 4,075 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 761 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Switzerland | 491* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 189 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Austria | 186 | 1984–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
3 + 1 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 5 = 26 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
1 + 3 + 5 = 9
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
3 + 9 + 5 = 17 → 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.