Larney
Marjorie Lea Larney is a retired American track and field athlete known for her great throwing arm. She represented the United States in the javelin throw at the 1952 Olympics, finishing 13th after being in 8th place after the qualifying round. She was only 15 years old at the time. She returned to the Olympics in 1956 to place 11th. Later she attended Queens College.
Meaning & Origin of Larney
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Marjorie Lea Larney is a retired American track and field athlete known for her great throwing arm. She represented the United States in the javelin throw at the 1952 Olympics, finishing 13th after being in 8th place after the qualifying round. She was only 15 years old at the time. She returned to the Olympics in 1956 to place 11th. Later she attended Queens College.
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The Story of Larney
Larney first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1915: 6 births, good for #3,392 nationwide. About 35% of every Larney on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Larney last appeared in the published SSA data in 1939, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Larney
Larney is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Larney's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #3,392. Use the chart and map above to compare Larney's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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