Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Larry

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Larry
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.4% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

34,945

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

99.4%

2024

204

All-time

807,374

Larry once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 34,945 boys were named Larry.

In 2024, only 204 boys were given the name.

Down 99.4% from its peak.

All told, about 807,374 Americans have been named Larry and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.4% from peak

In 1947:34,945 boys named Larry

In 2024:204 boys named Larry

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