# LaRue (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/larue/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,520 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,540 / 3,980 (72% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6 | 9,721 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,919 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,343 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,105 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,577 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,834 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,388 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,095 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,795 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,710 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,781 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,303 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,731 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,485 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5 | 9,706 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,807 |
| 1998 | 8 | 7,268 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,910 |
| 2000 | 9 | 7,167 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,985 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,712 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,469 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,659 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,239 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,186 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,573 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,593 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,337 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,602 |

## People named LaRue

- LaRue Martin, American basketball player (born 1950)
- James Avery, American actor (1945–2013)

## 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.