Names / Boy names
Larry
Current rank
#1,085
and easing
All-time peak
#10
in 1947
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
811,100
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #10 in 1947 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Larry first appears in American naming records in 1880, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. It crested in 1947 at #10. Across all years, more than 811,100 children have been named this.