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Is Laurence a Male or Female Name?

Laurence is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Laurence globally is 46.3% males and 53.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 99.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Italy with 98.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Laurence in percentages: Globally: 46.3% males, 53.7% females, France: 37.1% males, 62.9% females, Italy: 2.0% males, 98.0% females, Belgium: 39.6% males, 60.4% females, United Kingdom: 98.4% males, 1.6% females, United States: 97.1% males, 2.9% females, Spain: 4.8% males, 95.2% females, Canada: 88.8% males, 11.2% females, Switzerland: 53.4% males, 46.6% females, Philippines: 95.7% males, 4.3% females, Australia: 99.8% males, 0.2% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Laurence are 55-64 years old, making up 43.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Laurence in each age group: 18-24: 0.2%, 25-34: 2.0%, 35-44: 21.1%, 45-54: 21.3%, 55-64: 43.8%, 65+: 11.6%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Laurence is Réunion with 0.2489% of the population. Following is France and Belgium.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Laurence measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Laurence year over year: 1956: 0.0305‰, 1957: 0.0344‰, 1958: 0.0428‰, 1959: 0.0492‰, 1960: 0.0546‰, 1961: 0.074‰, 1962: 0.0794‰, 1963: 0.0931‰, 1964: 0.1003‰, 1965: 0.12‰, 1966: 0.122‰, 1967: 0.1195‰, 1968: 0.1181‰, 1969: 0.117‰, 1970: 0.0906‰, 1971: 0.1102‰, 1972: 0.077‰, 1973: 0.0668‰, 1974: 0.0476‰, 1975: 0.0388‰, 1976: 0.0366‰, 1977: 0.0326‰, 1978: 0.0277‰, 1979: 0.0241‰, 1980: 0.0676‰, 1981: 0.0818‰, 1982: 0.0713‰, 1983: 0.0724‰, 1984: 0.069‰, 1985: 0.0591‰, 1986: 0.059‰, 1987: 0.0212‰, 1988: 0.019‰, 1989: 0.0057‰, 1990: 0.0051‰, 1991: 0.0057‰, 1992: 0.0052‰, 1993: 0.0034‰, 1994: 0.0042‰, 1995: 0.0039‰, 1996: 0.0038‰, 1997: 0.0037‰, 1998: 0.0087‰, 1999: 0.0007‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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