Lauryn
- Pronunciation
- [Lau-ryn]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- From Laurentium: The Place Of The Laurel Trees: Place Of Honor And Victory. Feminine Of Lawrence.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Lauryn
Lauryn is a variant spelling of Lauren or Lauryn, derived ultimately from the Latin Laurentius, the name of the ancient Roman city Laurentum believed to have been named for its laurel groves. The laurel tree held profound symbolic weight in Roman culture — it was the plant of Apollo, the wreath of victors and emperors, and the source of the word laureate — so names from the Laurentian root carry associations of honour, victory, and distinction. The feminine form Lauryn, by substituting a y for the more common e in Lauren, gives the name a slightly more distinctive visual profile while preserving the same sound and etymological depth.
Among notable bearers, Lauryn Hill, born 1975, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer whose two-decade career began as a member of hip-hop group the Fugees and then developed into a solo career that made her one of the most iconic American R&B-and-hip-hop artists of her generation.
Lauryn first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000, the year it peaked at #224, accumulating 15,231 top-1000 births across its tracked span. The name has shown steady staying power, remaining in the charts through 2022, when it ranked #930 with 290 births — suggesting a committed user base that has kept it just inside the top-1000 for more than two decades. Recorded related forms include Laren, Laryn, Laurenne, Loren, Lorene, Lorin, Lorren, Lorrin, and Loryn.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Lauryn
US Popularity History (2000–2022)
Annual US births named Lauryn by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 1,408 girls named Lauryn (girl rank #224 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2022, ranked #930 for girls (290 US births). That's 706 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Lauryn Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Lauryn the strongest states are Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #257 | 105 |
| 2 | Alabama | #279 | 164 |
| 3 | Georgia | #385 | 310 |
| 4 | Arkansas | #405 | 36 |
| 5 | South Carolina | #414 | 126 |
| 6 | Louisiana | #423 | 103 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #507 | 181 |
| 8 | Maryland | #510 | 45 |
| 9 | Tennessee | #519 | 134 |
| 10 | Michigan | #547 | 173 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #974 | 168 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #938 | 32 |
| 3 | New York | #909 | 79 |
| 4 | California | #880 | 114 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #829 | 26 |
| 6 | Illinois | #751 | 110 |
| 7 | Indiana | #749 | 36 |
| 8 | Ohio | #738 | 84 |
| 9 | Minnesota | #696 | 47 |
| 10 | Missouri | #639 | 61 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Lauryn in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laren | Serves Lawrence | Female | Scottish |
| Laryn | Female | English | |
| Laurenne | From Laurentium: The Place Of The Laurel Trees: Place Of Honor And Victory. Feminine Of Lawrence. | Female | English |
| Loren | Form Of Lorenzo And Lawrence. | Male | English |
| Lorene | Variant Of Laura Or Lora Referring To The Laurel Tree Or Sweet Bay Tree Symbolic Of Honor And Victory. | Female | English |
| Lorin | Variant Of Lawrence Meaning From Laurentium. | Female | French |
| Lorren | Variant Of Lawrence Meaning From Laurentium. | Female | English |
| Lorrin | Variant Of Lawrence Meaning From Laurentium. | Female | English |
| Loryn | Form Of Lorenzo And Lawrence. | Male | English |
Famous People Named Lauryn
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Lauryn.
- Lauryn Hill — R&B Singer (1975)
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Compare Lauryn to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Lauryn against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).