# Larry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/larry/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlæ.ɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 811,148 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 807,588 / 3,560 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 326, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 40 | 2,429 |
| 1982 | 31 | 2,924 |
| 1983 | 30 | 2,880 |
| 1984 | 26 | 3,283 |
| 1985 | 28 | 3,204 |
| 1986 | 21 | 3,961 |
| 1987 | 18 | 4,583 |
| 1988 | 23 | 3,959 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,768 |
| 1990 | 6 | 12,197 |
| 1991 | 13 | 6,816 |
| 1992 | 9 | 9,157 |
| 1993 | 9 | 9,168 |
| 1994 | 9 | 9,257 |
| 1995 | 8 | 10,096 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 716 | 398 |
| 2012 | 659 | 425 |
| 2013 | 581 | 479 |
| 2014 | 545 | 513 |
| 2015 | 516 | 558 |
| 2016 | 446 | 604 |
| 2017 | 413 | 630 |
| 2018 | 344 | 705 |
| 2019 | 312 | 761 |
| 2020 | 273 | 838 |
| 2021 | 270 | 865 |
| 2022 | 264 | 893 |
| 2023 | 218 | 1,012 |
| 2024 | 204 | 1,071 |
| 2025 | 198 | 1,085 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Lars, Lasse
- German: Lars, Lenz
- Italian: Loris, Enzo
- Norwegian: Lars, Lasse
- Spanish: Renzo
- Swedish: Lars, Lasse

## People named Larry

- Larry Page, American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)
- Larry King, American television and radio host (1933–2021)
- Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach (born 1956)
- Larry Hagman, American actor (1931–2012)
- Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
- Larry Flynt, American publisher
- Larry Holmes, American boxer
- Larry McMurtry, American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (1936-2021)
- Larry Storch, American actor (1923–2022)
- Larry Craig, American politician
- Larry Parks, American stage and movie actor (1914-1975)
- Larry Drake, American actor (1950–2016)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.