Larry
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names.
Meaning & Origin of Larry
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names.
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The Story of Larry
Larry first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 13 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1947, when 34,945 Larrys were born — ranking #10 that year. As of 2026, Larry ranks #1,123 for baby boys with 192 births, falling sharply (-33%). In total, more than 808K Larrys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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About the name Larry
Larry is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 808K births in the dataset. Larry's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #10. Use the chart and map above to compare Larry'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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