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
1947 · 34,946 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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.

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 1989

girls
#6,531
12 births · 1 in 153,629 girls
boys
#131
2,337 births · 1 in 856 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #6,531Larry12

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #131Larry2,337
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 153,629 of them was named Larry, which outranked 55.1% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Larry
  1. #6,160Yury13
  2. #6,160Zeina13
  3. #6,160Zia13
  4. #6,531Larry12
  5. #6,531Abygail12
  6. #6,531Adrean12
  7. #6,531Ai12
  8. #6,955Aasha11
  9. #6,955Abbygail11
  10. #6,955Abeni11

Tied with 423 names at #6,531; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 856 of them was named Larry, which outranked 98.6% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Larry
  1. #128Jonathon2,528
  2. #129Jeffery2,478
  3. #130Allen2,362
  4. #131Larry2,337
  5. #132Tony2,301
  6. #133Johnny2,299
  7. #134Andre2,274
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989