Laurance is a rare variant of Lawrence that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Laurance is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2011. Laurance was first reported in SSA data in 1885 and peaked in 1956 (47 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,690 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,574 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,848 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | — | #4,786 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #10,176 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | — | #6,210 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | — | #5,616 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | — | #5,930 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,329 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | — | #5,632 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | — | #3,540 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | — | #5,042 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | — | #3,029 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | — | #4,693 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | — | #4,971 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | — | #3,828 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | — | #5,921 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | — | #3,835 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | — | #4,774 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | — | #3,533 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | — | #3,274 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | — | #3,316 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | — | #2,989 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,235 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | — | #5,170 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | — | #2,797 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,745 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | — | #2,090 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | — | #2,457 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | — | #2,627 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | — | #2,155 |
| 1967 | 21 | — | — | #1,737 |
| 1966 | 23 | — | — | #1,635 |
| 1965 | 18 | — | — | #1,892 |
| 1964 | 25 | — | — | #1,599 |
| 1963 | 23 | — | — | #1,680 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | — | #1,786 |
| 1961 | 29 | — | #7,089 | #1,670 |
| 1960 | 38 | — | — | #1,281 |
| 1959 | 32 | — | — | #1,398 |
| 1958 | 33 | — | — | #1,356 |
| 1957 | 22 | — | — | #1,736 |
| 1956 | 47 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1955 | 29 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1954 | 39 | — | — | #1,208 |
| 1953 | 41 | — | — | #1,160 |
| 1952 | 43 | — | — | #1,128 |
| 1951 | 34 | — | — | #1,272 |
| 1950 | 42 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1949 | 41 | — | — | #1,103 |
| 1948 | 45 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1947 | 35 | — | — | #1,244 |
| 1946 | 34 | — | — | #1,207 |
| 1945 | 30 | — | — | #1,214 |
| 1944 | 33 | — | — | #1,162 |
| 1943 | 35 | — | — | #1,162 |
| 1942 | 36 | — | — | #1,157 |
| 1941 | 34 | — | — | #1,143 |
| 1940 | 45 | — | — | #956 |
| 1939 | 27 | — | — | #1,290 |
| 1938 | 19 | — | — | #1,591 |
| 1937 | 31 | — | — | #1,199 |
| 1936 | 23 | — | — | #1,406 |
| 1935 | 30 | — | — | #1,238 |
| 1934 | 24 | — | — | #1,409 |
| 1933 | 24 | — | — | #1,388 |
| 1932 | 22 | — | — | #1,536 |
| 1931 | 30 | — | — | #1,270 |
| 1930 | 21 | — | — | #1,630 |
| 1929 | 29 | — | — | #1,330 |
| 1928 | 20 | — | — | #1,736 |
| 1927 | 31 | — | — | #1,340 |
| 1926 | 31 | — | — | #1,316 |
| 1925 | 20 | — | — | #1,778 |
| 1924 | 24 | — | — | #1,604 |
| 1923 | 27 | — | — | #1,449 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | — | #1,617 |
| 1921 | 26 | — | — | #1,493 |
| 1920 | 21 | — | — | #1,727 |
| 1919 | 24 | — | — | #1,511 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | — | #1,632 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | — | #2,048 |
| 1916 | 26 | — | — | #1,359 |
| 1915 | 22 | — | — | #1,487 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | — | #1,469 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | — | #1,549 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | — | #1,218 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,307 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #970 |
| 1885 | 7 | — | — | #807 |