Meaning not yet researched.
Larry: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 198 in 2025. Its best rank was #10 in 1949.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #10 in 1949; #1,085 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Larry in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,085 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1949, at #10.
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Larry: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 198 boys in 2025. Peak: #10 in 1949 · most boys in one year: 34,946 (1947).
In 2025, 198 US boys were named Larry, making it the 1,085th most common boys’ name of the year, down 14 places from #1,071 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 204 boys named Larry in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #10, reached in 1949. The most boys given the name in a single year was 34,946, in 1947. For comparison, it was #558 in 2015 and #11 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Larry in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 13 babies with the name. In all, 811,148 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 256,655 babies named Larry.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,942 US boys were named Larry; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 446. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,627 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Larry ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #476 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lawrence (463,357 babies since 1880), Lary (1,577 babies since 1880) and Lauri (11,246 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Laurent, Laree and Larrie are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Laurence and Lawrence.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Laurent (2,014), Laree (1,434), Larrie (1,268), Laury (933), Lari (879), Larie (356), Larri (265), Lariya (244), Laurey (236), Laria (139), Larya (76), Larey (21), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Larry is listed as a nickname for Laurence, Lawrence.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 10 | #476 | #255 |
| Kansas | 5 | #659 | — |
| Ohio | 13 | #696 | #638 |
| Missouri | 7 | #758 | #364 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #816 | #397 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #820 | #360 |
| Virginia | 8 | #845 | #608 |
| Michigan | 7 | #963 | #444 |
| Illinois | 8 | #978 | #431 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,051 | #470 |
| Texas | 22 | #1,055 | #570 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,097 | #481 |
| California | 16 | #1,223 | #571 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,236 | #543 |
| New York | 6 | #1,670 | #714 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 198 | #1,085 |
| 2024 | — | — | 204 | #1,071 |
| 2023 | — | — | 218 | #1,012 |
| 2022 | — | — | 264 | #893 |
| 2021 | — | — | 270 | #865 |
| 2020 | — | — | 273 | #838 |
| 2019 | — | — | 312 | #761 |
| 2018 | — | — | 344 | #705 |
| 2017 | — | — | 413 | #630 |
| 2016 | — | — | 446 | #604 |
| 2015 | — | — | 516 | #558 |
| 2014 | — | — | 545 | #513 |
| 2013 | — | — | 581 | #479 |
| 2012 | — | — | 659 | #425 |
| 2011 | — | — | 716 | #398 |
| 2010 | — | — | 813 | #364 |
| 2009 | — | — | 783 | #388 |
| 2008 | — | — | 824 | #375 |
| 2007 | — | — | 963 | #331 |
| 2006 | — | — | 791 | #379 |
| 2005 | — | — | 828 | #358 |
| 2004 | — | — | 898 | #334 |
| 2003 | — | — | 950 | #315 |
| 2002 | — | — | 954 | #304 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,030 | #290 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,118 | #280 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,255 | #250 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,208 | #248 |
| 1997 | — | — | 1,239 | #243 |
| 1996 | — | — | 1,371 | #220 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,096 | 1,401 | #210 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,257 | 1,559 | #196 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,168 | 1,780 | #183 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,157 | 1,863 | #173 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,816 | 2,076 | #157 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,197 | 2,194 | #144 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,768 | 2,337 | #131 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,959 | 2,448 | #123 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,583 | 2,503 | #114 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,961 | 2,621 | #108 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,204 | 2,946 | #97 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,283 | 3,105 | #91 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,880 | 3,381 | #85 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,924 | 3,720 | #77 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,429 | 3,955 | #73 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,951 | 4,262 | #70 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,450 | 4,393 | #69 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,875 | 4,514 | #64 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,964 | 4,837 | #62 |
| 1976 | 44 | #2,015 | 4,842 | #60 |
| 1975 | 44 | #2,006 | 5,307 | #56 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,982 | 5,694 | #55 |
| 1973 | 69 | #1,426 | 6,080 | #50 |
| 1972 | 65 | #1,481 | 6,604 | #47 |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,763 | 7,763 | #44 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,552 | 8,104 | #43 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,410 | 8,283 | #40 |
| 1968 | 68 | #1,358 | 8,231 | #38 |
| 1967 | 54 | #1,531 | 8,332 | #38 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,502 | 8,709 | #38 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,565 | 9,403 | #38 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,763 | 10,678 | #36 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,701 | 11,667 | #36 |
| 1962 | 63 | #1,402 | 12,711 | #31 |
| 1961 | 63 | #1,413 | 14,580 | #30 |
| 1960 | 87 | #1,170 | 15,988 | #28 |
| 1959 | 86 | #1,154 | 18,434 | #25 |
| 1958 | 97 | #1,068 | 20,083 | #22 |
| 1957 | 107 | #1,012 | 21,941 | #22 |
| 1956 | 106 | #995 | 22,322 | #21 |
| 1955 | 117 | #911 | 22,819 | #19 |
| 1954 | 89 | #1,043 | 24,614 | #19 |
| 1953 | 96 | #978 | 25,208 | #18 |
| 1952 | 91 | #993 | 28,239 | #14 |
| 1951 | 100 | #918 | 30,558 | #11 |
| 1950 | 106 | #864 | 31,480 | #11 |
| 1949 | 93 | #920 | 31,819 | #10 |
| 1948 | 79 | #983 | 33,436 | #11 |
| 1947 | 81 | #982 | 34,946 | #10 |
| 1946 | 84 | #916 | 28,447 | #11 |
| 1945 | 64 | #972 | 22,824 | #11 |
| 1944 | 82 | #843 | 22,026 | #12 |
| 1943 | 69 | #951 | 22,978 | #12 |
| 1942 | 64 | #982 | 22,099 | #12 |
| 1941 | 58 | #967 | 20,134 | #11 |
| 1940 | 73 | #836 | 17,199 | #13 |
| 1939 | 45 | #1,069 | 14,532 | #14 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,153 | 12,394 | #16 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,319 | 10,320 | #16 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,125 | 7,611 | #25 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,744 | 5,975 | #33 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,742 | 4,474 | #43 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,103 | 3,251 | #58 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,916 | 2,826 | #65 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,497 | 2,147 | #88 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,781 | 1,719 | #108 |
| 1929 | 10 | #3,044 | 1,268 | #135 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,694 | 1,068 | #150 |
| 1927 | — | — | 836 | #176 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,090 | 807 | #178 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,242 | 724 | #190 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,848 | 575 | #237 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,511 | 519 | #245 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,845 | 491 | #254 |
| 1921 | — | — | 491 | #255 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,474 | 440 | #261 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,336 | 405 | #265 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,080 | 398 | #266 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,529 | 322 | #290 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,160 | 301 | #298 |
| 1915 | — | — | 301 | #288 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,407 | 267 | #268 |
| 1913 | — | — | 212 | #262 |
| 1912 | — | — | 164 | #278 |
| 1911 | — | — | 92 | #272 |
| 1910 | — | — | 114 | #218 |
| 1909 | — | — | 87 | #237 |
| 1908 | — | — | 70 | #254 |
| 1907 | — | — | 63 | #265 |
| 1906 | — | — | 72 | #229 |
| 1905 | — | — | 72 | #230 |
| 1904 | — | — | 70 | #224 |
| 1903 | — | — | 57 | #246 |
| 1902 | — | — | 46 | #277 |
| 1901 | — | — | 35 | #299 |
| 1900 | — | — | 62 | #261 |
| 1899 | — | — | 34 | #302 |
| 1898 | — | — | 39 | #300 |
| 1897 | — | — | 33 | #325 |
| 1896 | — | — | 38 | #303 |
| 1895 | — | — | 37 | #299 |
| 1894 | — | — | 36 | #293 |
| 1893 | — | — | 22 | #387 |
| 1892 | — | — | 19 | #453 |
| 1891 | — | — | 17 | #437 |
| 1890 | — | — | 24 | #366 |
| 1889 | — | — | 13 | #537 |
| 1888 | — | — | 19 | #435 |
| 1887 | — | — | 17 | #416 |
| 1886 | — | — | 23 | #363 |
| 1885 | — | — | 19 | #419 |
| 1884 | — | — | 18 | #441 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #544 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #730 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #678 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #513 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).