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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #63 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 246 boysAKMaine: #100 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 583 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Larry, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #135 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 975 boysNHWashington: #64 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 311 boysWAIdaho: #83 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 371 boysIDMontana: #64 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 275 boysMTNorth Dakota: #72 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 278 boysNDMinnesota: #103 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 640 boysMNIllinois: #52 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 259 boysILWisconsin: #78 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 482 boysWIMichigan: #50 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 230 boysMINew York: #105 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 677 boysNYMassachusetts: #157 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,469 boysMARhode Island: #88 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 560 boysRIOregon: #61 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 286 boysORNevada: #81 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 368 boysNVWyoming: #72 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 322 boysWYSouth Dakota: #73 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 314 boysSDIowa: #78 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 413 boysIAIndiana: #44 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 179 boysINOhio: #48 for boys · 396 births · 1 in 195 boysOHPennsylvania: #63 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 367 boysPANew Jersey: #89 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 547 boysNJConnecticut: #107 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 698 boysCTCalifornia: #75 for boys · 389 births · 1 in 371 boysCAUtah: #85 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 398 boysUTColorado: #65 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 312 boysCONebraska: #73 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 359 boysNEMissouri: #39 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 160 boysMOKentucky: #30 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 128 boysKYWest Virginia: #28 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 106 boysWVVirginia: #42 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 197 boysVAMaryland: #47 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 217 boysMDDelaware: #45 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 210 boysDEArizona: #64 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 277 boysAZNew Mexico: #37 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 163 boysNMKansas: #53 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 226 boysKSArkansas: #25 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 118 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 125 boysTNNorth Carolina: #29 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 141 boysNCSouth Carolina: #27 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 145 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #55 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 245 boysDCOklahoma: #37 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 145 boysOKLouisiana: #39 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 171 boysLAMississippi: #24 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 114 boysMSAlabama: #26 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 127 boysALGeorgia: #27 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 153 boysGAHawaii: #117 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 533 boysHITexas: #44 for boys · 470 births · 1 in 223 boysTXFlorida: #39 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 196 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#24 · 1 in 114
  2. Arkansas#25 · 1 in 118
  3. Tennessee#26 · 1 in 125
  4. Alabama#26 · 1 in 127
  5. South Carolina#27 · 1 in 145

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#241671 in 114
Arkansas#251271 in 118
Alabama#262101 in 127
Tennessee#262501 in 125
Georgia#272551 in 153
South Carolina#271471 in 145
West Virginia#281231 in 106
North Carolina#292791 in 141
Kentucky#302021 in 128
New Mexico#37541 in 163
Oklahoma#371251 in 145
Florida#392531 in 196
Louisiana#391741 in 171
Missouri#392061 in 160
Virginia#421601 in 197
Indiana#442221 in 179
Texas#444701 in 223
Delaware#45161 in 210
Maryland#47991 in 217
Ohio#483961 in 195
Michigan#502861 in 230
Illinois#523011 in 259
Kansas#53611 in 226
District of Columbia#55341 in 245
Oregon#61501 in 286
Alaska#63101 in 246
Pennsylvania#632021 in 367
Arizona#64621 in 277
Montana#64171 in 275
Washington#64691 in 311
Colorado#65581 in 312
North Dakota#72161 in 278
Wyoming#7271 in 322
Nebraska#73291 in 359
South Dakota#73141 in 314
California#753891 in 371
Iowa#78441 in 413
Wisconsin#78611 in 482
Nevada#8191 in 368
Idaho#83161 in 371
Utah#85321 in 398
Rhode Island#88101 in 560
New Jersey#89791 in 547
Maine#100121 in 583
Minnesota#103401 in 640
New York#1051691 in 677
Connecticut#107241 in 698
Hawaii#117111 in 533
New Hampshire#13551 in 975
Massachusetts#157241 in 1,469
Vermont———

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 1973

girls
#1,418
69 births · 1 in 21,133 girls
boys
#50
6,080 births · 1 in 256 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,418Larry69

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #50Larry6,080
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 21,133 of them was named Larry, which outranked 85.5% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Larry
  1. #1,399Stephen70
  2. #1,399Thomasina70
  3. #1,399Tuesday70
  4. #1,418Larry69
  5. #1,418Alyce69
  6. #1,418Amee69
  7. #1,418Ammie69
  8. #1,433Caitlin68
  9. #1,433Dorene68
  10. #1,433Fiona68

Tied with 14 names at #1,418; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 256 of them was named Larry, which outranked 99.1% of the 5,877 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. #47Douglas6,595
  2. #48Craig6,295
  3. #49Jose6,097
  4. #50Larry6,080
  5. #51Justin6,078
  6. #52Peter5,913
  7. #53Travis5,868
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →