Laurene
Feminine · “laurel”
Laurene and Lorene are one name written with two different vowels, and American records have carried both for well over a century without either clearly leading. It is the long form of Laura and the soft end of Laurence, and it belongs to the generation that liked a name to finish on -ene.
How old is the name Laurene?
Laurene first appears in US birth records in 1894 — 131 years ago. The typical Laurene alive today was born around 1952, making them about 73 years old. About 2,500 people named Laurene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Laurene most popular?
Laurene peaked in 1954, reaching #802 nationally. See the whole 1954 chart.
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Where it comes from
From laurus to Laurene
The story of Laurene
Laurene is an American lengthening of Laura, made with the same ending that produced Charlene and Darlene, and it stands beside Lorene, which is the identical name with the vowel written o. Both spellings are in the record from the end of the nineteenth century. The saint behind the whole family is Laurence of Rome, a deacon killed in the third century, and the manner of his death gave the Western Church one of its strangest patronages: he is said to have been roasted on a gridiron, and to have remarked partway through that they could turn him over, and on the strength of that line he became the patron of cooks, and later of comedians.
Meaning
laurel
From the Latin laurus, the laurel. The tree was evergreen, which is a good part of why it carried the associations it did.
How the name formed
- laurus
- Laurentius
- Laura
- Laurene
Related forms: Laurene · Lorene · Lorena · Laura
Pronouncing Laurene
law-REEN
Two syllables with the weight at the back. Front-weighted LAW-reen is also heard, and the record suggests both were in use from the start.
Nicknames for Laurene
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1894
- Most girls named
- 1954137 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #802reached in 1954
- Change vs 2021
- −28.6%5 in 2024, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Laurene in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Laurene in French — same name
- Lorene in English — spelling variant
- Lorena in Spanish — related form
- Laura in Latin — related form
Laurenes among us
people named Laurene are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Laurene sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The whole name is readable at first sight, and its short form Laurie is one of the most familiar in English.
- It is the fuller written form of Laura without being a different name, which keeps a family line intact across generations.
- The laurel behind it is a pleasant, settled meaning that is easy to explain.
- Laurene, Laureen, Lorene and Loreen are all in the record and are constantly taken for one another.
- The ending places the name firmly in the middle of the twentieth century.
- Said quickly it is hard to tell from Lorraine over the phone.
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Frequently asked
- How many Laurenes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Laurene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Laurene in 2025?
- Laurene is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Laurene with classmates?
- Laurene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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