Lary

Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491

Peak · boys
1946 · 63 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,577
since 1918

Lary over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lary has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #826, 1946boys
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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
2013
2012
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2010
2009#12,4915
2008
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1999#6,5309
1998#9,6315
1997
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1995
1994#8,8005
1993
1992#7,4226
1991
1990
1989#5,1659
1988
1987#4,9688
1986#6,7215
1985#5,1477
1984#6,3155
1983
1982#4,2349
1981#5,4686
1980#5,5256
1979#6,0565
1978#4,5547
1977#5,1236
1976#4,4187
1975#4,7976
1974#3,5589
1973#2,40516
1972#2,24317
1971#3,14610
1970#2,50914
1969#3,3148
1968#1,89418
1967#1,57324
1966#1,68421
1965#1,72021
1964#1,79320
1963#1,69522
1962#1,17244
1961#1,43931
1960#1,13148
1959#1,19942
1958#97860
1957#1,10048
1956#97758
1955#1,13843
1954#1,12244
1953#1,24536
1952#1,24535
1951#1,15039
1950#91856
1949#93555
1948#1,04745
1947#1,13641
1946#82663
1945#1,10335
1944#1,00442
1943#1,12037
1942#93350
1941#1,12934
1940#1,13534
1939#1,12033
1938#1,06237
1937#1,00040
1936#1,54019
1935#1,83715
1934#2,5639
1933#2,09312
1932#2,6389
1931#3,7635
1930#3,2897
1929
1928#3,3577
1927
1926
1925#3,7416
1924
1923#3,1758
1922#3,8726
1921#3,2148
1920#3,8156
1919#3,7366
1918#3,0968
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First appearance
1918

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.

See more about Lary
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1946 at #826 (63 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1949–1950
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,778
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 29.2% of all boys named Lary (461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s14#3,096 (1918)#3,416
1920s41#3,175 (1923)#3,529
1930s186#1,000 (1937)#2,091
1940s436#826 (1946)#1,037
1950s461#918 (1950)#1,107
1960s257#1,131 (1960)#1,742
1970s97#2,243 (1972)#3,881
1980s55#4,234 (1982)#5,443
1990s25#6,530 (1999)#8,096
2000s5#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 1949

boys
#935
55 births · 1 in 32,253 boys

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #935Lary55
More about 1949

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 32,253 of them was named Lary, which outranked 77.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lary
  1. #923Newton56
  2. #923Noe56
  3. #923Windell56
  4. #935Lary55
  5. #935Ashley55
  6. #935Cordell55
  7. #935Gustavo55
  8. #942Dempsey54
  9. #942Ezell54
  10. #942Lafayette54

Tied with 6 names at #935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 538Lannie#1,107#569
  2. 411Lenwood#1,296#885
  3. 338Robby#1,296#958
  4. 326Ocie#1,323#997
  5. 319Denzil#1,127#808
Fallers
  1. 473Loyal#989#1,462
  2. 446Rich#963#1,409
  3. 395Brock#733#1,128
  4. 376Baron#972#1,348
  5. 333Murry#989#1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949