Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Larry” in the USA?

Number of people named “Larry” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Larry” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Larry” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Larry” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Larry” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Larry” by birth year

This chart shows how “Larry” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 -100%
1885 19 0.000078886 19 -100%
1886 23 0.000090084 23 -100%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 -100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 -100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 -100%
1890 24 0.000079628 24 -100%
1891 17 0.000059301 17 -100%
1892 19 0.000056823 19 -100%
1893 22 0.000067646 22 -100%
1894 36 0.000106292 36 -100%
1895 37 0.000105407 37 -100%
1896 38 0.000106298 38 -100%
1897 33 0.000095113 33 -100%
1898 39 0.00010224 39 -100%
1899 34 0.000100226 34 -100%
1900 62 0.000137699 62 -100%
1901 35 0.000101211 35 -100%
1902 46 0.000118945 46 -100%
1903 57 0.000149528 57 -100%
1904 70 0.000173488 70 -100%
1905 72 0.000169843 72 -100%
1906 72 0.000168047 72 -100%
1907 63 0.00013537 63 -100%
1908 70 0.000143252 70 -100%
1909 87 0.00017018 87 -100%
1910 114 0.000192988 114 -100%
1911 92 0.000142795 92 -100%
1912 164 0.000165981 164 -100%
1913 212 0.000186438 212 -100%
1914 273 0.00019275 6 267 -96%
1915 301 0.000164263 301 -100%
1916 307 0.000158704 6 301 -96%
1917 330 0.000164445 8 322 -95%
1918 405 0.00018654 7 398 -97%
1919 414 0.000196186 9 405 -96%
1920 449 0.00019844 9 440 -96%
1921 491 0.000210323 491 -100%
1922 499 0.000217984 8 491 -97%
1923 528 0.000229318 9 519 -97%
1924 583 0.000244792 8 575 -97%
1925 734 0.000314576 10 724 -97%
1926 814 0.000354544 7 807 -98%
1927 836 0.000360445 836 -100%
1928 1080 0.000477678 12 1068 -98%
1929 1278 0.000582986 10 1268 -98%
1930 1730 0.000778127 11 1719 -99%
1931 2159 0.001025951 12 2147 -99%
1932 2844 0.001347043 18 2826 -99%
1933 3266 0.001633452 15 3251 -99%
1934 4493 0.002163408 20 4473 -99%
1935 5995 0.002868558 20 5975 -99%
1936 7652 0.003683135 40 7612 -99%
1937 10351 0.004858096 31 10320 -99%
1938 12433 0.005619247 40 12393 -99%
1939 14576 0.006615105 45 14531 -99%
1940 17273 0.007501243 73 17200 -99%
1941 20193 0.008287963 58 20135 -99%
1942 22163 0.008112912 64 22099 -99%
1943 23048 0.00816564 69 22979 -99%
1944 22107 0.008217975 82 22025 -99%
1945 22888 0.008627507 64 22824 -99%
1946 28533 0.008929659 84 28449 -99%
1947 35026 0.009723173 81 34945 -100%
1948 33513 0.009706829 79 33434 -100%
1949 31910 0.009156973 93 31817 -99%
1950 31584 0.009015351 106 31478 -99%
1951 30659 0.008322794 100 30559 -99%
1952 28332 0.007459706 91 28241 -99%
1953 25303 0.006565993 96 25207 -99%
1954 24701 0.006205177 89 24612 -99%
1955 22937 0.005712713 117 22820 -99%
1956 22430 0.005440165 106 22324 -99%
1957 22045 0.005246133 107 21938 -99%
1958 20176 0.004880616 97 20079 -99%
1959 18518 0.004453592 86 18432 -99%
1960 16073 0.003869455 87 15986 -99%
1961 14644 0.003535233 63 14581 -99%
1962 12773 0.00316526 63 12710 -99%
1963 11714 0.002959426 46 11668 -99%
1964 10721 0.002757739 44 10677 -99%
1965 9456 0.002608229 51 9405 -99%
1966 8762 0.002520964 55 8707 -99%
1967 8386 0.002470178 54 8332 -99%
1968 8301 0.002457071 68 8233 -98%
1969 8349 0.002402367 68 8281 -98%
1970 8168 0.002264791 63 8105 -98%
1971 7815 0.002276862 51 7764 -99%
1972 6668 0.002121544 65 6603 -98%
1973 6149 0.002038194 69 6080 -98%
1974 5737 0.001887172 43 5694 -99%
1975 5352 0.001772541 44 5308 -98%
1976 4885 0.001609926 44 4841 -98%
1977 4888 0.001538803 50 4838 -98%
1978 4567 0.001438937 53 4514 -98%
1979 4431 0.001331831 38 4393 -98%
1980 4318 0.00125359 55 4263 -97%
1981 3994 0.001154544 40 3954 -98%
1982 3751 0.001069282 31 3720 -98%
1983 3411 0.000984888 30 3381 -98%
1984 3131 0.000897455 26 3105 -98%
1985 2974 0.000833261 28 2946 -98%
1986 2641 0.000742463 21 2620 -98%
1987 2522 0.000699465 18 2504 -99%
1988 2471 0.000668734 23 2448 -98%
1989 2349 0.000611011 12 2337 -99%
1990 2200 0.000556613 6 2194 -99%
1991 2087 0.000535779 13 2074 -99%
1992 1872 0.000487338 9 1863 -99%
1993 1789 0.000474501 9 1780 -99%
1994 1568 0.000421771 9 1559 -99%
1995 1409 0.000384746 8 1401 -99%
1996 1371 0.000375905 1371 -100%
1997 1239 0.000341723 1239 -100%
1998 1208 0.000328421 1208 -100%
1999 1255 0.000339752 1255 -100%
2000 1118 0.000295775 1118 -100%
2001 1030 0.000275152 1030 -100%
2002 954 0.000255197 954 -100%
2003 950 0.000249848 950 -100%
2004 898 0.000235022 898 -100%
2005 828 0.000215353 828 -100%
2006 791 0.00019994 791 -100%
2007 963 0.00024089 963 -100%
2008 824 0.000209634 824 -100%
2009 783 0.000204964 783 -100%
2010 813 0.000219983 813 -100%
2011 716 0.000195746 716 -100%
2012 659 0.000180184 659 -100%
2013 581 0.000159367 581 -100%
2014 545 0.000147044 545 -100%
2015 515 0.000139155 515 -100%
2016 446 0.000121569 446 -100%
2017 413 0.000115486 413 -100%
2018 344 0.000097841 344 -100%
2019 311 0.000089601 311 -100%
2020 272 0.000081423 272 -100%
2021 270 0.000079694 270 -100%
2022 264 0.000078034 264 -100%
2023 218 0.000065837 218 -100%
2024 204 0.000061289 204 -100%

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