Larence

Last seen for boys in 2014 at #10,717

Peak · boys
1886 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,096
since 1886

Larence over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Larence has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #959, 1886boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
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2015
2014#10,7176
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1995#8,8685
1994
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1990#8,1175
1989#6,2297
1988#7,2705
1987#6,9515
1986#6,7215
1985
1984#5,5616
1983
1982#5,0037
1981#4,9617
1980#6,2505
1979#4,8427
1978
1977
1976
1975#5,4645
1974#4,6346
1973#4,5056
1972
1971#4,9075
1970
1969#3,9356
1968#4,1365
1967
1966#3,9485
1965#2,7809
1964
1963#3,3187
1962#3,3057
1961#2,70610
1960#2,8719
1959#2,66310
1958#2,09315
1957#2,49411
1956#1,94517
1955#1,90217
1954#1,70620
1953#2,53110
1952#1,93916
1951#2,49510
1950#2,20712
1949#1,50124
1948#1,81717
1947#1,85017
1946#1,60120
1945#1,92613
1944#1,81015
1943#1,76417
1942#2,14512
1941#2,33310
1940#1,98313
1939#2,28810
1938#1,97613
1937#1,52820
1936#1,80115
1935#1,32626
1934#1,42523
1933#1,36124
1932#1,42624
1931#1,42724
1930#1,33029
1929#1,31229
1928#1,48025
1927#1,17837
1926#1,46625
1925#1,67921
1924#1,38029
1923#1,23534
1922#1,30831
1921#1,41228
1920#1,96617
1919#1,40826
1918#1,53923
1917#1,58721
1916#1,30427
1915#1,60019
1914#1,54516
1913#2,4966
1912#2,0457
1911
1910#1,04510
1909
1908#1,2176
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1886#9595
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Larence! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Larence
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,421
  • Highest: 1 in 19,421 boys born in 1910 were named Larence (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,145 boys born in 2014 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #959 in 1886, was only 1 in 22,157 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.2% of all boys named Larence (276) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#959 (1886)#959
1890s0
1900s6#1,217 (1908)#1,217
1910s155#1,045 (1910)#1,619
1920s276#1,178 (1927)#1,442
1930s208#1,326 (1935)#1,589
1940s158#1,501 (1949)#1,873
1950s138#1,706 (1954)#2,198
1960s58#2,706 (1961)#3,375
1970s29#4,505 (1973)#4,870
1980s47#4,961 (1981)#6,118
1990s10#8,117 (1990)#8,493
2000s0
2010s6#10,717 (2014)#10,717

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.

Larence in 1886

boys
#959
5 births · 1 in 22,157 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #959Larence5
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 22,157 of them was named Larence, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Larence
  1. #845Vivian6
  2. #845Wayland6
  3. #845Wells6
  4. #959Larence5
  5. #959Acey5
  6. #959Adelbert5
  7. #959Alan5

Tied with 151 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. 505Thornton#936#431
  2. 485Oswald#936#451
  3. 445Evans#936#491
  4. 396Grace#936#540
  5. 385Abel#836#451
Fallers
  1. 497Adelbert#462#959
  2. 438Carey#521#959
  3. 412Santiago#547#959
  4. 382Brooks#577#959
  5. 355Alma#604#959

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

See the top 100 for 1886