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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #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 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #70 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 290 boysAKMaine: #89 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 502 boysMEVermont: #97 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 471 boysVTNew Hampshire: #145 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,146 boysNHWashington: #74 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 338 boysWAIdaho: #48 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 184 boysIDMontana: #54 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 224 boysMTNorth Dakota: #72 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 301 boysNDMinnesota: #90 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 450 boysMNIllinois: #47 for boys · 370 births · 1 in 246 boysILWisconsin: #70 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 390 boysWIMichigan: #48 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 239 boysMINew York: #94 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 596 boysNYMassachusetts: #125 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,092 boysMARhode Island: #121 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 961 boysRIOregon: #65 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 285 boysORNevada: #72 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 312 boysNVWyoming: #51 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 194 boysWYSouth Dakota: #74 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 304 boysSDIowa: #51 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 226 boysIAIndiana: #37 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 147 boysINOhio: #42 for boys · 472 births · 1 in 195 boysOHPennsylvania: #50 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 295 boysPANew Jersey: #105 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 698 boysNJConnecticut: #136 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 982 boysCTCalifornia: #57 for boys · 549 births · 1 in 294 boysCAUtah: #111 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 521 boysUTColorado: #59 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 272 boysCONebraska: #51 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 213 boysNEMissouri: #29 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 127 boysMOKentucky: #28 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 112 boysKYWest Virginia: #24 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 91 boysWVVirginia: #36 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 175 boysVAMaryland: #43 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 198 boysMDDelaware: #54 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 283 boysDEArizona: #50 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 246 boysAZNew Mexico: #41 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 178 boysNMKansas: #39 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 156 boysKSArkansas: #24 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 102 boysARTennessee: #24 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 117 boysTNNorth Carolina: #24 for boys · 378 births · 1 in 118 boysNCSouth Carolina: #30 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 151 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #46 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 211 boysDCOklahoma: #32 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 130 boysOKLouisiana: #33 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 166 boysLAMississippi: #21 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 107 boysMSAlabama: #25 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 122 boysALGeorgia: #25 for boys · 360 births · 1 in 122 boysGAHawaii: #86 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 367 boysHITexas: #36 for boys · 586 births · 1 in 195 boysTXFlorida: #38 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 187 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#21 · 1 in 107
  2. West Virginia#24 · 1 in 91
  3. Arkansas#24 · 1 in 102
  4. Tennessee#24 · 1 in 117
  5. North Carolina#24 · 1 in 118

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#212001 in 107
Arkansas#241561 in 102
North Carolina#243781 in 118
Tennessee#242961 in 117
West Virginia#241591 in 91
Alabama#252471 in 122
Georgia#253601 in 122
Kentucky#282611 in 112
Missouri#293011 in 127
South Carolina#301551 in 151
Oklahoma#321561 in 130
Louisiana#331991 in 166
Texas#365861 in 195
Virginia#362101 in 175
Indiana#373111 in 147
Florida#382871 in 187
Kansas#391011 in 156
New Mexico#41541 in 178
Ohio#424721 in 195
Maryland#431341 in 198
District of Columbia#46511 in 211
Illinois#473701 in 246
Idaho#48321 in 184
Michigan#483201 in 239
Arizona#50711 in 246
Pennsylvania#503001 in 295
Iowa#51951 in 226
Nebraska#51541 in 213
Wyoming#51121 in 194
Delaware#54151 in 283
Montana#54231 in 224
California#575491 in 294
Colorado#59701 in 272
Oregon#65551 in 285
Alaska#70111 in 290
Wisconsin#70871 in 390
Nevada#72121 in 312
North Dakota#72161 in 301
South Dakota#74161 in 304
Washington#74751 in 338
Hawaii#86171 in 367
Maine#89161 in 502
Minnesota#90661 in 450
New York#942301 in 596
Vermont#9771 in 471
New Jersey#105741 in 698
Utah#111241 in 521
Rhode Island#12171 in 961
Massachusetts#125391 in 1,092
Connecticut#136211 in 982
New Hampshire#14551 in 1,146

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 1971

girls
#1,754
51 births · 1 in 32,624 girls
boys
#44
7,763 births · 1 in 228 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #1,754Larry51

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #44Larry7,763
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 32,624 of them was named Larry, which outranked 81.8% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Larry
  1. #1,730Sherrell52
  2. #1,730Tambra52
  3. #1,730Theodora52
  4. #1,754Larry51
  5. #1,754Angle51
  6. #1,754Ariana51
  7. #1,754Chad51
  8. #1,772Adelina50
  9. #1,772Caterina50
  10. #1,772Cathie50

Tied with 17 names at #1,754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 228 of them was named Larry, which outranked 99.2% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Larry
  1. #41Aaron8,403
  2. #42George8,226
  3. #43Craig7,957
  4. #44Larry7,763
  5. #45Jeremy7,498
  6. #46Troy7,340
  7. #47Peter7,025
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →