"I'm Lauren, and I know you just met another Lauren." This is the incredibly low-energy way Lauren Griffin ("Lauren G.") introduces herself to Arie Luyendyk Jr. on this season of The Bachelor. It's a lame line, but I guess when you're the fourth woman named Lauren to step out of the limo you don't get a splashy moment like Bekah M.'s red convertible or Tia's tiny weiner gift. The other non-Lauren contestants seemed just as unfazed. "I feel like it's a good amount of Laurens," Becca K. quipped. "Like, any more and I'd be like, 'Am I on the wrong show?'"

To a first-time viewer the moment likely came across as a bit of stunt casting, but there's a long-running joke among card-carrying members of Bachelor Nation that every contestant is named Lauren. This season just felt especially ridiculous because the four—most of them blonde—were reduced to initials (Lauren B., Lauren G. etc.) until, one-by-one, they were eliminated. Now, ahead of tonight's finale, only one remains: The uninspiring Lauren B., who maybe-probably will win the exciting opportunity to move to Scottsdale, Arizona to be with a man who can be summed up as "failed race car driver."

But is this Lauren Phenomenon grounded in any sort of reality? Turns out, yeah: Over the past 22 seasons, Lauren is the most popular name among Bachelor contestants. (Something I confirmed with cast lists provided by ABC.) There have been 15 total, and that's not counting side-character Laurens like Lauren Iaconetti, Ashley I.'s sister who appeared briefly on Bachelor in Paradise before leaving to become a "mistress." There are more Laurens than Ambers or Jessicas or even the various spellings of Ashley—Ashlee, Ashleigh, AshLee, etc.—all added together. There have been blonde Laurens and brunette Laurens, but only one Lauren of color because diversity continues to be an issue on this series.

I don't have any data on whether or not being named Lauren makes you more likely to audition for The Bachelor, but statistically it seems likely. According to the Social Security Administration, the name has consistently been in the top 100 since 1978. It peaked in 1989, which lines up time-wise: Those Laurens are now around 28 years old, putting them close to the average age of a Bachelor contestant.

With so many Laurens embedded in the show's history, it felt necessary to catalog them all for posterity. There were a few bumps along the way, which I'll get into below, but here's a (mostly) complete rundown.