Popularity of the name Larry, 1880–2025
Larry was at its most popular in 1947, when 34,946 boys were given the name: about 1 in 52 boys born in the U.S. that year, ranking #10. In 2025, 198 boys were named Larry, ranking #1,084. In all, Social Security counts 807,588 boys named Larry since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 3,560 girls named Larry.
- Peak year
- 1947
- Rank in 1947
- #10
- Babies in 1947
- 34,946
- Rank in 2025
- #1,084
- Total since 1880
- 807,588
Where it stands now
Over the last ten years it has slipped from #558 in 2015 to #1,084 in 2025, with 516 boys named Larry in 2015 and 198 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Larry ranked highest in the 1940s, at #11, with 255,908 boys given the name that decade. It ranked #476 in the 1880s and #953 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 13 in 1880 (#505), 62 in 1900 (#259), 440 in 1920 (#260), 17,199 in 1940 (#13), 15,988 in 1960 (#28), 4,262 in 1980 (#70), 1,118 in 2000 (#280) and 273 in 2020 (#833).
Highs and lows
The most boys given the name in a single year was 34,946, in 1947. Its best rank, #10, came in its peak year.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 boys named Larry, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 13 | #505 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1884 | 18 | #433 |
| 1885 | 19 | #411 |
| 1886 | 23 | #357 |
| 1887 | 17 | #409 |
| 1888 | 19 | #430 |
| 1889 | 13 | #525 |
| 1890 | 24 | #358 |
| 1891 | 17 | #427 |
| 1892 | 19 | #445 |
| 1893 | 22 | #383 |
| 1894 | 36 | #291 |
| 1895 | 37 | #295 |
| 1896 | 38 | #301 |
| 1897 | 33 | #321 |
| 1898 | 39 | #298 |
| 1899 | 34 | #300 |
| 1900 | 62 | #259 |
| 1901 | 35 | #294 |
| 1902 | 46 | #277 |
| 1903 | 57 | #244 |
| 1904 | 70 | #223 |
| 1905 | 72 | #228 |
| 1906 | 72 | #229 |
| 1907 | 63 | #265 |
| 1908 | 70 | #253 |
| 1909 | 87 | #235 |
| 1910 | 114 | #217 |
| 1911 | 92 | #271 |
| 1912 | 164 | #278 |
| 1913 | 212 | #261 |
| 1914 | 267 | #267 |
| 1915 | 301 | #287 |
| 1916 | 301 | #297 |
| 1917 | 322 | #289 |
| 1918 | 398 | #266 |
| 1919 | 405 | #265 |
| 1920 | 440 | #260 |
| 1921 | 491 | #255 |
| 1922 | 491 | #254 |
| 1923 | 519 | #245 |
| 1924 | 575 | #237 |
| 1925 | 724 | #190 |
| 1926 | 807 | #178 |
| 1927 | 836 | #176 |
| 1928 | 1,068 | #150 |
| 1929 | 1,268 | #135 |
| 1930 | 1,719 | #108 |
| 1931 | 2,147 | #88 |
| 1932 | 2,826 | #65 |
| 1933 | 3,251 | #58 |
| 1934 | 4,474 | #43 |
| 1935 | 5,975 | #33 |
| 1936 | 7,611 | #25 |
| 1937 | 10,320 | #16 |
| 1938 | 12,394 | #16 |
| 1939 | 14,532 | #14 |
| 1940 | 17,199 | #13 |
| 1941 | 20,134 | #11 |
| 1942 | 22,099 | #12 |
| 1943 | 22,978 | #12 |
| 1944 | 22,026 | #12 |
| 1945 | 22,824 | #11 |
| 1946 | 28,447 | #11 |
| 1947 | 34,946 | #10 |
| 1948 | 33,436 | #11 |
| 1949 | 31,819 | #10 |
| 1950 | 31,480 | #11 |
| 1951 | 30,558 | #11 |
| 1952 | 28,239 | #14 |
| 1953 | 25,208 | #18 |
| 1954 | 24,614 | #19 |
| 1955 | 22,819 | #19 |
| 1956 | 22,322 | #21 |
| 1957 | 21,941 | #22 |
| 1958 | 20,083 | #22 |
| 1959 | 18,434 | #25 |
| 1960 | 15,988 | #28 |
| 1961 | 14,580 | #30 |
| 1962 | 12,711 | #31 |
| 1963 | 11,667 | #36 |
| 1964 | 10,678 | #36 |
| 1965 | 9,403 | #38 |
| 1966 | 8,709 | #38 |
| 1967 | 8,332 | #38 |
| 1968 | 8,231 | #38 |
| 1969 | 8,283 | #40 |
| 1970 | 8,104 | #43 |
| 1971 | 7,763 | #44 |
| 1972 | 6,604 | #47 |
| 1973 | 6,080 | #50 |
| 1974 | 5,694 | #55 |
| 1975 | 5,307 | #56 |
| 1976 | 4,842 | #60 |
| 1977 | 4,837 | #62 |
| 1978 | 4,514 | #64 |
| 1979 | 4,393 | #69 |
| 1980 | 4,262 | #70 |
| 1981 | 3,955 | #73 |
| 1982 | 3,720 | #77 |
| 1983 | 3,381 | #85 |
| 1984 | 3,105 | #91 |
| 1985 | 2,946 | #97 |
| 1986 | 2,621 | #108 |
| 1987 | 2,503 | #114 |
| 1988 | 2,448 | #123 |
| 1989 | 2,337 | #131 |
| 1990 | 2,194 | #144 |
| 1991 | 2,076 | #157 |
| 1992 | 1,863 | #173 |
| 1993 | 1,780 | #183 |
| 1994 | 1,559 | #196 |
| 1995 | 1,401 | #210 |
| 1996 | 1,371 | #220 |
| 1997 | 1,239 | #243 |
| 1998 | 1,208 | #248 |
| 1999 | 1,255 | #250 |
| 2000 | 1,118 | #280 |
| 2001 | 1,030 | #290 |
| 2002 | 954 | #304 |
| 2003 | 950 | #315 |
| 2004 | 898 | #334 |
| 2005 | 828 | #358 |
| 2006 | 791 | #379 |
| 2007 | 963 | #331 |
| 2008 | 824 | #374 |
| 2009 | 783 | #387 |
| 2010 | 813 | #364 |
| 2011 | 716 | #398 |
| 2012 | 659 | #425 |
| 2013 | 581 | #479 |
| 2014 | 545 | #511 |
| 2015 | 516 | #558 |
| 2016 | 446 | #604 |
| 2017 | 413 | #629 |
| 2018 | 344 | #703 |
| 2019 | 312 | #759 |
| 2020 | 273 | #833 |
| 2021 | 270 | #864 |
| 2022 | 264 | #891 |
| 2023 | 218 | #1,007 |
| 2024 | 204 | #1,068 |
| 2025 | 198 | #1,084 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.