Larry

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #9,553 · #1,084 for boys in 2025, 198 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#10
1947 · 34,946 births
Debut · boys
1880
13 births
In top 100 · boys
55 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
807,588
since 1880

Larry over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #10, 1947boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,084198
2024—#1,068204
2023—#1,007218
2022—#891264
2021—#864270
2020—#833273
2019—#759312
2018—#703344
2017—#629413
2016—#604446
2015—#558516
2014—#511545
2013—#479581
2012—#425659
2011—#398716
2010—#364813
2009—#387783
2008—#374824
2007—#331963
2006—#379791
2005—#358828
2004—#334898
2003—#315950
2002—#304954
2001—#2901,030
2000—#2801,118
1999—#2501,255
1998—#2481,208
1997—#2431,239
1996—#2201,371
1995#9,5538#2101,401
1994#8,8049#1961,559
1993#8,7199#1831,780
1992#8,7349#1731,863
1991#6,58813#1572,076
1990#11,4096#1442,194
1989#6,53112#1312,337
1988#3,89323#1232,448
1987#4,47418#1142,503
1986#3,89021#1082,621
1985#3,17028#972,946
1984#3,23326#913,105
1983#2,85330#853,381
1982#2,90131#773,720
1981#2,40940#733,955
1980#1,93655#704,262
1979#2,43038#694,393
1978#1,86253#644,514
1977#1,95250#624,837
1976#1,99644#604,842
1975#1,98644#565,307
1974#1,96143#555,694
1973#1,41869#506,080
1972#1,47365#476,604
1971#1,75451#447,763
1970#1,54463#438,104
1969#1,40268#408,283
1968#1,34768#388,231
1967#1,52454#388,332
1966#1,48855#388,709
1965#1,56151#389,403
1964#1,74744#3610,678
1963#1,68346#3611,667
1962#1,39563#3112,711
1961#1,40663#3014,580
1960#1,16587#2815,988
1959#1,14986#2518,434
1958#1,06697#2220,083
1957#1,010107#2221,941
1956#988106#2122,322
1955#906117#1922,819
1954#1,03989#1924,614
1953#97496#1825,208
1952#99291#1428,239
1951#914100#1130,558
1950#858106#1131,480
1949#91893#1031,819
1948#97779#1133,436
1947#97981#1034,946
1946#91284#1128,447
1945#96864#1122,824
1944#84182#1222,026
1943#94469#1222,978
1942#97964#1222,099
1941#96158#1120,134
1940#83473#1317,199
1939#1,06645#1414,532
1938#1,14040#1612,394
1937#1,30331#1610,320
1936#1,11540#257,611
1935#1,72020#335,975
1934#1,69720#434,474
1933#2,05215#583,251
1932#1,87718#652,826
1931#2,42712#882,147
1930#2,69011#1081,719
1929#2,92110#1351,268
1928#2,62312#1501,068
1927—#176836
1926#3,8737#178807
1925#3,11610#190724
1924#3,6658#237575
1923#3,3509#245519
1922#3,6558#254491
1921—#255491
1920#3,3409#260440
1919#3,2199#265405
1918#3,8697#266398
1917#3,3448#289322
1916#3,9196#297301
1915—#287301
1914#3,1886#267267
1913—#261212
1912—#278164
1911—#27192
1910—#217114
1909—#23587
1908—#25370
1907—#26563
1906—#22972
1905—#22872
1904—#22370
1903—#24457
1902—#27746
1901—#29435
1900—#25962
1899—#30034
1898—#29839
1897—#32133
1896—#30138
1895—#29537
1894—#29136
1893—#38322
1892—#44519
1891—#42717
1890—#35824
1889—#52513
1888—#43019
1887—#40917
1886—#35723
1885—#41119
1884—#43318
1883—#52712
1882—#6918
1881—#6538
1880—#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Larry was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Larry is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #70 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 318 boysAKMaine: #70 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 317 boysMEVermont: #80 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 393 boysVTNew Hampshire: #118 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 830 boysNHWashington: #60 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 271 boysWAIdaho: #52 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 204 boysIDMontana: #77 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 331 boysMTNorth Dakota: #83 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 366 boysNDMinnesota: #91 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 503 boysMNIllinois: #45 for boys · 402 births · 1 in 241 boysILWisconsin: #87 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 504 boysWIMichigan: #45 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 227 boysMINew York: #95 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 599 boysNYMassachusetts: #119 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 952 boysMARhode Island: #136 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,060 boysRIOregon: #49 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 213 boysORNevada: #44 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 190 boysNVWyoming: #43 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 167 boysWYSouth Dakota: #78 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 363 boysSDIowa: #46 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 205 boysIAIndiana: #36 for boys · 328 births · 1 in 146 boysINOhio: #40 for boys · 533 births · 1 in 182 boysOHPennsylvania: #50 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 312 boysPANew Jersey: #87 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 589 boysNJConnecticut: #125 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 890 boysCTCalifornia: #55 for boys · 577 births · 1 in 309 boysCAUtah: #63 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 280 boysUTColorado: #48 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 238 boysCONebraska: #44 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 187 boysNEMissouri: #33 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 145 boysMOKentucky: #28 for boys · 268 births · 1 in 108 boysKYWest Virginia: #30 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 104 boysWVVirginia: #36 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 170 boysVAMaryland: #45 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 220 boysMDDelaware: #42 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 203 boysDEArizona: #51 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 246 boysAZNew Mexico: #41 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 184 boysNMKansas: #36 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 143 boysKSArkansas: #22 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 94 boysARTennessee: #27 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 119 boysTNNorth Carolina: #28 for boys · 358 births · 1 in 127 boysNCSouth Carolina: #27 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 136 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #68 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 328 boysDCOklahoma: #27 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 119 boysOKLouisiana: #39 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 187 boysLAMississippi: #24 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 118 boysMSAlabama: #28 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 124 boysALGeorgia: #27 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 141 boysGAHawaii: #134 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 603 boysHITexas: #34 for boys · 655 births · 1 in 175 boysTXFlorida: #38 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 181 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#22 · 1 in 94
  2. Mississippi#24 · 1 in 118
  3. Tennessee#27 · 1 in 119
  4. Oklahoma#27 · 1 in 119
  5. South Carolina#27 · 1 in 136

Best ever in a state: #1 in Kansas, 1939.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#221701 in 94
Mississippi#241801 in 118
Georgia#273201 in 141
Oklahoma#271701 in 119
South Carolina#271721 in 136
Tennessee#272981 in 119
Alabama#282481 in 124
Kentucky#282681 in 108
North Carolina#283581 in 127
West Virginia#301351 in 104
Missouri#332741 in 145
Texas#346551 in 175
Indiana#363281 in 146
Kansas#361161 in 143
Virginia#362251 in 170
Florida#382971 in 181
Louisiana#391811 in 187
Ohio#405331 in 182
New Mexico#41521 in 184
Delaware#42221 in 203
Wyoming#43151 in 167
Nebraska#44641 in 187
Nevada#44201 in 190
Illinois#454021 in 241
Maryland#451281 in 220
Michigan#453591 in 227
Iowa#461131 in 205
Colorado#48831 in 238
Oregon#49781 in 213
Pennsylvania#503011 in 312
Arizona#51691 in 246
Idaho#52301 in 204
California#555771 in 309
Washington#601041 in 271
Utah#63441 in 280
District of Columbia#68371 in 328
Alaska#70101 in 318
Maine#70251 in 317
Montana#77161 in 331
South Dakota#78141 in 363
Vermont#8091 in 393
North Dakota#83141 in 366
New Jersey#87941 in 589
Wisconsin#87731 in 504
Minnesota#91651 in 503
New York#952581 in 599
New Hampshire#11871 in 830
Massachusetts#119491 in 952
Connecticut#125261 in 890
Hawaii#134111 in 603
Rhode Island#13671 in 1,060

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Larry
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#1,068 → #1,084)
  • 251 spots since 2020 (#833 → #1,084)
  • 526 spots since 2015 (#558 → #1,084)
  • Biggest jump: 167 spots in 1890 (#525 → #358)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1881 (#505 → #653)
Rise & fade · boys
67 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1947 at #10 (34,946 births)
  • Births halved by 1960, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: 2 yrs · 1947–1949
  • Top 100: 55 yrs · run 1931–1985
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 52
  • Highest: 1 in 52 boys born in 1947 were named Larry (1.9%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,627 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 31.7% of all boys named Larry (255,908) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s150#357 (1886)#494
1890s299#291 (1894)#342
1900s634#223 (1904)#251
1910s2,576#217 (1910)#270
1920s7,219#135 (1929)#208
1930s65,249#14 (1939)#47
1940s255,908#10 (1947)#11
1950s245,698#11 (1950)#18
1960s108,582#28 (1960)#35
1970s58,138#43 (1970)#55
1980s31,278#70 (1980)#97
1990s15,946#144 (1990)#202
2000s9,139#280 (2000)#335
2010s5,345#364 (2010)#543
2020s1,427#833 (2020)#958

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Larry in 1970

girls
#1,544
63 births · 1 in 27,748 girls
boys
#43
8,104 births · 1 in 229 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,544Larry63

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #43Larry8,104
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 27,748 of them was named Larry, which outranked 83.5% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Larry
  1. #1,526Rachell64
  2. #1,526Sasha64
  3. #1,526Tonette64
  4. #1,544Larry63
  5. #1,544Adrianna63
  6. #1,544Andre63
  7. #1,544Christene63
  8. #1,562Edward62
  9. #1,562Jacklyn62
  10. #1,562Jamey62

Tied with 17 names at #1,544; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 229 of them was named Larry, which outranked 99.2% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Larry
  1. #40George8,911
  2. #41Troy8,448
  3. #42Jonathan8,194
  4. #43Larry8,104
  5. #44Peter8,056
  6. #45Jerry7,422
  7. #46Dennis7,312
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →