How Many People Are Named Larry?
people named Larry are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 684 people in the US has this name
Based on 811,148 babies named Larry in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
35,027 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of LAURENCE (1). A notable bearer is former basketball player Larry Bird (1956-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Larry in English. Counting Larry and these spellings together, about 499,843 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Larry, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Larry alive today is about 65 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Larry first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 35,027 babies. In 2025, 198 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Larry reached #10 among boys' names in 1947 and 1949, and was in the top 10 in 2 years between 1947 and 1949. In 2025 it ranked #1,085.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,085 |
| Best rank | #10 (1947 and 1949) |
| Years in the top 10 | 2 |
| Years in the top 100 | 55 (1931 to 1985) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Larry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Larry were born in Texas than in any other state: about 36,527 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Larry was given 1.8 times as often in Kansas, 1.7 times in Arkansas and 1.7 times in Nebraska.
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