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First Name
808k
in the U.S.
since 1880

Last Name
6k
in the U.S.
in 2010

Larry

Origin: English
Meaning: From Laurentum, Italy
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Gender: Boy
63^rd All Time
5,817^th in 2010

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Nicknames and Given Names for Larry

40k Laurence
458k Lawrence
643 Lorence
60k Lorenzo

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1880	13	0	13
1881	8	0	8
1882	8	0	8
1883	12	0	12
1884	18	0	18
1885	19	0	19
1886	23	0	23
1887	17	0	17
1888	19	0	19
1889	13	0	13
1890	24	0	24
1891	18	0	18
1892	19	0	19
1893	22	0	22
1894	36	0	36
1895	37	0	37
1896	38	0	38
1897	33	0	33
1898	39	0	39
1899	34	0	34
1900	62	0	62
1901	35	0	35
1902	46	0	46
1903	57	0	57
1904	70	0	70
1905	72	0	72
1906	72	0	72
1907	63	0	63
1908	70	0	70
1909	87	0	87
1910	114	0	114
1911	92	0	92
1912	164	0	164
1913	212	0	212
1914	273	6	267
1915	301	0	301
1916	307	6	301
1917	330	8	322
1918	405	7	398
1919	414	9	405
1920	449	9	440
1921	491	0	491
1922	499	8	491
1923	526	9	517
1924	585	8	577
1925	734	10	724
1926	813	7	806
1927	837	0	837
1928	1,081	12	1,069
1929	1,278	10	1,268
1930	1,732	11	1,721
1931	2,157	12	2,145	#88 boy name
1932	2,840	18	2,822	#65 boy name
1933	3,266	15	3,251	#58 boy name
1934	4,490	20	4,470	#43 boy name
1935	5,997	20	5,977	#33 boy name
1936	7,652	40	7,612	#25 boy name
1937	10,351	31	10,320	#16 boy name
1938	12,425	40	12,385	#16 boy name
1939	14,570	45	14,525	#14 boy name
1940	17,274	73	17,201	#13 boy name
1941	20,187	58	20,129	#11 boy name
1942	22,160	64	22,096	#12 boy name
1943	23,036	70	22,966	#12 boy name
1944	22,103	81	22,022	#12 boy name
1945	22,884	64	22,820	#11 boy name
1946	28,521	84	28,437	#11 boy name
1947	35,020	81	34,939	#10 boy name
1948	33,505	79	33,426	#11 boy name
1949	31,903	93	31,810	#10 boy name
1950	31,596	107	31,489	#11 boy name
1951	30,623	100	30,523	#11 boy name
1952	28,334	91	28,243	#14 boy name
1953	25,282	96	25,186	#18 boy name
1954	24,682	89	24,593	#19 boy name
1955	22,932	118	22,814	#19 boy name
1956	22,399	105	22,294	#21 boy name
1957	22,019	106	21,913	#22 boy name
1958	20,162	97	20,065	#22 boy name
1959	18,502	87	18,415	#25 boy name
1960	16,080	87	15,993	#28 boy name
1961	14,641	63	14,578	#30 boy name
1962	12,773	63	12,710	#31 boy name
1963	11,720	46	11,674	#36 boy name
1964	10,718	44	10,674	#36 boy name
1965	9,458	51	9,407	#38 boy name
1966	8,769	55	8,714	#38 boy name
1967	8,383	54	8,329	#38 boy name
1968	8,299	67	8,232	#38 boy name
1969	8,356	68	8,288	#40 boy name
1970	8,175	63	8,112	#43 boy name
1971	7,812	51	7,761	#44 boy name
1972	6,675	65	6,610	#47 boy name
1973	6,149	69	6,080	#50 boy name
1974	5,739	43	5,696	#55 boy name
1975	5,357	44	5,313	#56 boy name
1976	4,887	44	4,843	#60 boy name
1977	4,889	50	4,839	#62 boy name
1978	4,567	53	4,514	#64 boy name
1979	4,431	38	4,393	#69 boy name
1980	4,324	55	4,269	#70 boy name
1981	3,991	40	3,951	#74 boy name
1982	3,749	31	3,718	#77 boy name
1983	3,411	30	3,381	#85 boy name
1984	3,131	26	3,105	#92 boy name
1985	2,975	28	2,947	#96 boy name
1986	2,643	21	2,622
1987	2,519	18	2,501
1988	2,471	23	2,448
1989	2,350	12	2,338
1990	2,200	6	2,194
1991	2,086	13	2,073
1992	1,871	9	1,862
1993	1,789	9	1,780
1994	1,568	9	1,559
1995	1,409	8	1,401
1996	1,371	0	1,371
1997	1,238	0	1,238
1998	1,208	0	1,208
1999	1,255	0	1,255
2000	1,118	0	1,118
2001	1,029	0	1,029
2002	952	0	952
2003	949	0	949
2004	898	0	898
2005	828	0	828
2006	791	0	791
2007	962	0	962
2008	822	0	822
2009	781	0	781
2010	810	0	810
2011	716	0	716
2012	655	0	655
2013	580	0	580
2014	543	0	543
2015	510	0	510

Fun Facts about the name Larry

How many people with the first name Larry have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2015, the Social Security Administration has recorded 807,974 babies born with the first name Larry in the United States. That's more than enough people named Larry to occupy the country of Guyana with an estimated population of 784,894 (as of July 1, 2010).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Larry? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 13 new born babies.
When was Larry first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Larry is Thursday, May 17th, 1866.
What year had the most people named Larry born? The highest recorded use of the first name Larry was in 1947 with a total of 34,939 babies. That's a lot of babies named Larry!
Random Larry Factoid: According to the 1973 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Larry ranks 84^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Idaho. Imagine that, 16 babies in Idaho have the same name as you in 1973.
Weird things about the name Larry: Your name in reverse order is Yrral. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Yralr. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Larry? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 5,942 people with the last name Larry.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Larry? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 2 of them will have Larry as their last name.

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Common last names for Larry

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Johnson
Williams
Jones
Brown
Davis
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Moore
Wilson
Taylor
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Thomas
Jackson
Martin
Thompson
White
Harris
Clark
King

Common first names for Larry

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Larry	U.S.
█	White	24.35%	64.26%
█	African American	67.74%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.52%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	1.88%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	3.10%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	2.41%	16.26%

Of Last Name Larry

People with the last name Larry are most frequently White or African American

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Meaning, Origin, Inspirations, and Associations

Have you been wondering what does the name "Larry" mean? The list below shows the origins of Larry as well as things modernly associated with the name Larry such as celebrities named Larry.

English

Origin and Meaning of Larry

The name "Larry" is of English origin, and it means "From Laurentum, Italy". It's a name commonly given to boys.

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun Lar"ry

Same as Lorry, or Lorrie.

Wiktionary

A diminutive of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence, popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.

Notable Persons With the Name Larry

Larry Bird

Larry Bird is a basketball player for the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. He was most prominent from 1979 to 1992. Larry was born on December 7th, 1956 in West Baden Springs, Indiana.

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Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison is an executive chairman, cto of oracle corporation, chairman, chief technology officer, and executive chairmanandctooforacle corporation. He has been prominent since 1966. Larry was born on August 17th, 1944 in Manhattan, New York, U.S.

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Larry David

Larry David is an improvisational theatre, observational comedy, sketch comedy, deadpan, and political satire comedian. Larry was given the name Lawrence Gene David on July 2nd, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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Larry Linville

Larry Linville was an actor. He was most active from 1960 to 1996. Larry was given the name Lawrence Lavon Linville on September 29th, 1939 in Ojai, California. He left this life on April 10th, 2000.

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Larry King

Larry King is a radio and television personality. His ongoing career started in 1957. Larry was given the name Lawrence Harvey Zeiger on November 19th, 1933 in Brooklyn.

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Larry D. Alexander

Larry D. Alexander is an influential individual in the fields of visual arts, author, catechesis, and evangelism. Larry was given the name Larry Dell Alexander on May 30th, 1953 in Dermott, Arkansas.

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Larry Hagman

(actor)
Larry Richard Walters

(famous person)
Larry the Cable Guy

(musician)
Larry Holmes

(boxer)
Larry Fine

(actor)
Larry Flynt

(publisher)
Larry Wilmore

(comedian)
Larry Fitzgerald

(football player)
Larry Sanders

(athlete)
Larry Brown

(basketball player)
Larry Sanger

(internet project developer)
Larry Johnson

(basketball player)
Larry Hogan

(Governor of Maryland)
Larry Graham

(musician)

Notable Persons With the Last Name Larry

Indian Larry

Indian Larry was a motorcycle builder and artist, stunt rider, and biker. Indian was given the name Lawrence DeSmedt on April 28th, 1949 in , U.S. He left this life on August 30th, 2004.

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