Lary
Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 63 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,577since 1918
Lary over time
Rank among boys' names. Lary has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
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| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1962 | #1,172 | 44 |
| 1961 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #1,131 | 48 |
| 1959 | #1,199 | 42 |
| 1958 | #978 | 60 |
| 1957 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | #977 | 58 |
| 1955 | #1,138 | 43 |
| 1954 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,245 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,245 | 35 |
| 1951 | #1,150 | 39 |
| 1950 | #918 | 56 |
| 1949 | #935 | 55 |
| 1948 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1947 | #1,136 | 41 |
| 1946 | #826 | 63 |
| 1945 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1944 | #1,004 | 42 |
| 1943 | #1,120 | 37 |
| 1942 | #933 | 50 |
| 1941 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,120 | 33 |
| 1938 | #1,062 | 37 |
| 1937 | #1,000 | 40 |
| 1936 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lary! It came in at #3,096, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lary is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#286 · 1 in 3,582
- California#483 · 1 in 9,605
Best ever in a state: #285 in Iowa, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kansas | #286 | 5 | 1 in 3,582 |
| California | #483 | 11 | 1 in 9,605 |
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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 Lary
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 540 spots in 1937 (#1,540 → #1,000)
- Biggest drop: 310 spots in 1947 (#826 → #1,136)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1946 at #826 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1949–1950
- Highest: 1 in 25,778 boys born in 1946 were named Lary (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 396,715 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
- 29.2% of all boys named Lary (461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 14 | #3,096 (1918) | #3,416 |
| 1920s | 41 | #3,175 (1923) | #3,529 |
| 1930s | 186 | #1,000 (1937) | #2,091 |
| 1940s | 436 | #826 (1946) | #1,037 |
| 1950s | 461 | #918 (1950) | #1,107 |
| 1960s | 257 | #1,131 (1960) | #1,742 |
| 1970s | 97 | #2,243 (1972) | #3,881 |
| 1980s | 55 | #4,234 (1982) | #5,443 |
| 1990s | 25 | #6,530 (1999) | #8,096 |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,491 (2009) | #12,491 |
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.
Lary in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 25,778 of them was named Lary, which outranked 79.4% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).