Larry

Meaning: Person from Laurentum
Origin: Variant of Lawrence · The town was perhaps named for laurel trees (from Latin)

Boy's name · #1085 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Larry is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1947, when it ranked #10. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 808,000 boys since 1880, ranked #1085 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 24 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#963 in Ireland (2025) · #1,010 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,241 in Canada (2024).

Famous Larrys

Larry Sanger — American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects (born 1968)
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 David — American comedian, writer and actor (born 1947)

In stories & tradition

Larry Laffer — Leisure Suit Larry (video game series)
Larry the Lobster — SpongeBob SquarePants (TV series)
Larry Butz — Ace Attorney (video game series)

What Larrys become

Among 3,288 notable people named Larry:

Sports figures appear 2.24× more often than among typical names — e.g. Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach (born 1956).

Similar names: Lars · Terry · Lance · Gary · Dennis · Billy

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