Larry was a hugely popular boys' name that peaked at #10 in 1947 but is far less common today.
Larry is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,085 for boy births in the United States (and #2,224 across all names), given to 198 babies. Larry first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (34,946 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 198 | 198 | — | #1,085 |
| 2024 | 204 | 204 | — | #1,071 |
| 2023 | 218 | 218 | — | #1,012 |
| 2022 | 264 | 264 | — | #893 |
| 2021 | 270 | 270 | — | #865 |
| 2020 | 273 | 273 | — | #838 |
| 2019 | 312 | 312 | — | #761 |
| 2018 | 344 | 344 | — | #705 |
| 2017 | 413 | 413 | — | #630 |
| 2016 | 446 | 446 | — | #604 |
| 2015 | 516 | 516 | — | #558 |
| 2014 | 545 | 545 | — | #513 |
| 2013 | 581 | 581 | — | #479 |
| 2012 | 659 | 659 | — | #425 |
| 2011 | 716 | 716 | — | #398 |
| 2010 | 813 | 813 | — | #364 |
| 2009 | 783 | 783 | — | #388 |
| 2008 | 824 | 824 | — | #375 |
| 2007 | 963 | 963 | — | #331 |
| 2006 | 791 | 791 | — | #379 |
| 2005 | 828 | 828 | — | #358 |
| 2004 | 898 | 898 | — | #334 |
| 2003 | 950 | 950 | — | #315 |
| 2002 | 954 | 954 | — | #304 |
| 2001 | 1,030 | 1,037 | — | #290 |
| 2000 | 1,118 | 1,118 | — | #280 |
| 1999 | 1,255 | 1,255 | — | #250 |
| 1998 | 1,208 | 1,215 | — | #248 |
| 1997 | 1,239 | — | — | #243 |
| 1996 | 1,371 | — | — | #220 |
| 1995 | 1,409 | — | #10,096 | #210 |
| 1994 | 1,568 | — | #9,257 | #196 |
| 1993 | 1,789 | — | #9,168 | #183 |
| 1992 | 1,872 | — | #9,157 | #173 |
| 1991 | 2,089 | — | #6,816 | #157 |
| 1990 | 2,200 | — | #12,197 | #144 |
| 1989 | 2,349 | — | #6,768 | #131 |
| 1988 | 2,471 | — | #3,959 | #123 |
| 1987 | 2,521 | — | #4,583 | #114 |
| 1986 | 2,642 | — | #3,961 | #108 |
| 1985 | 2,974 | — | #3,204 | #97 |
| 1984 | 3,131 | — | #3,283 | #91 |
| 1983 | 3,411 | — | #2,880 | #85 |
| 1982 | 3,751 | — | #2,924 | #77 |
| 1981 | 3,995 | — | #2,429 | #73 |
| 1980 | 4,317 | — | #1,951 | #70 |
| 1979 | 4,431 | — | #2,450 | #69 |
| 1978 | 4,567 | — | #1,875 | #64 |
| 1977 | 4,887 | — | #1,964 | #62 |
| 1976 | 4,886 | — | #2,015 | #60 |
| 1975 | 5,351 | — | #2,006 | #56 |
| 1974 | 5,737 | — | #1,982 | #55 |
| 1973 | 6,149 | — | #1,426 | #50 |
| 1972 | 6,669 | — | #1,481 | #47 |
| 1971 | 7,814 | — | #1,763 | #44 |
| 1970 | 8,167 | — | #1,552 | #43 |
| 1969 | 8,351 | — | #1,410 | #40 |
| 1968 | 8,299 | — | #1,358 | #38 |
| 1967 | 8,386 | — | #1,531 | #38 |
| 1966 | 8,764 | — | #1,502 | #38 |
| 1965 | 9,454 | — | #1,565 | #38 |
| 1964 | 10,722 | — | #1,763 | #36 |
| 1963 | 11,713 | — | #1,701 | #36 |
| 1962 | 12,774 | — | #1,402 | #31 |
| 1961 | 14,643 | — | #1,413 | #30 |
| 1960 | 16,075 | — | #1,170 | #28 |
| 1959 | 18,520 | — | #1,154 | #25 |
| 1958 | 20,180 | — | #1,068 | #22 |
| 1957 | 22,048 | — | #1,012 | #22 |
| 1956 | 22,428 | — | #995 | #21 |
| 1955 | 22,936 | — | #911 | #19 |
| 1954 | 24,703 | — | #1,043 | #19 |
| 1953 | 25,304 | — | #978 | #18 |
| 1952 | 28,330 | — | #993 | #14 |
| 1951 | 30,658 | — | #918 | #11 |
| 1950 | 31,586 | — | #864 | #11 |
| 1949 | 31,912 | — | #920 | #10 |
| 1948 | 33,515 | — | #983 | #11 |
| 1947 | 35,027 | — | #982 | #10 |
| 1946 | 28,531 | — | #916 | #11 |
| 1945 | 22,888 | — | #972 | #11 |
| 1944 | 22,108 | — | #843 | #12 |
| 1943 | 23,047 | — | #951 | #12 |
| 1942 | 22,163 | — | #982 | #12 |
| 1941 | 20,192 | — | #967 | #11 |
| 1940 | 17,272 | — | #836 | #13 |
| 1939 | 14,577 | — | #1,069 | #14 |
| 1938 | 12,434 | — | #1,153 | #16 |
| 1937 | 10,351 | — | #1,319 | #16 |
| 1936 | 7,651 | — | #1,125 | #25 |
| 1935 | 5,995 | — | #1,744 | #33 |
| 1934 | 4,494 | — | #1,742 | #43 |
| 1933 | 3,266 | — | #2,103 | #58 |
| 1932 | 2,844 | — | #1,916 | #65 |
| 1931 | 2,159 | — | #2,497 | #88 |
| 1930 | 1,730 | — | #2,781 | #108 |
| 1929 | 1,278 | — | #3,044 | #135 |
| 1928 | 1,080 | — | #2,694 | #150 |
| 1927 | 836 | — | — | #176 |
| 1926 | 814 | — | #4,090 | #178 |
| 1925 | 734 | — | #3,242 | #190 |
| 1924 | 583 | — | #3,848 | #237 |
| 1923 | 528 | — | #3,511 | #245 |
| 1922 | 499 | — | #3,845 | #254 |
| 1921 | 491 | — | — | #255 |
| 1920 | 449 | — | #3,474 | #261 |
| 1919 | 414 | — | #3,336 | #265 |
| 1918 | 405 | — | #4,080 | #266 |
| 1917 | 330 | — | #3,529 | #290 |
| 1916 | 307 | — | #4,160 | #298 |
| 1915 | 301 | — | — | #288 |
| 1914 | 273 | — | #3,407 | #268 |
| 1913 | 212 | — | — | #262 |
| 1912 | 164 | — | — | #278 |
| 1911 | 92 | — | — | #272 |
| 1910 | 114 | — | — | #218 |
| 1909 | 87 | — | — | #237 |
| 1908 | 70 | — | — | #254 |
| 1907 | 63 | — | — | #265 |
| 1906 | 72 | — | — | #229 |
| 1905 | 72 | — | — | #230 |
| 1904 | 70 | — | — | #224 |
| 1903 | 57 | — | — | #246 |
| 1902 | 46 | — | — | #277 |
| 1901 | 35 | — | — | #299 |
| 1900 | 62 | — | — | #261 |
| 1899 | 34 | — | — | #302 |
| 1898 | 39 | — | — | #300 |
| 1897 | 33 | — | — | #325 |
| 1896 | 38 | — | — | #303 |
| 1895 | 37 | — | — | #299 |
| 1894 | 36 | — | — | #293 |
| 1893 | 22 | — | — | #387 |
| 1892 | 19 | — | — | #453 |
| 1891 | 17 | — | — | #437 |
| 1890 | 24 | — | — | #366 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | — | #537 |
| 1888 | 19 | — | — | #435 |
| 1887 | 17 | — | — | #416 |
| 1886 | 23 | — | — | #363 |
| 1885 | 19 | — | — | #419 |
| 1884 | 18 | — | — | #441 |
| 1883 | 12 | — | — | #544 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | — | #730 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | — | #678 |
| 1880 | 13 | — | — | #513 |