Laray vs Larue
American parents have registered 5,520 Larues since 1880, against 799 Larays. But in 2025 it was Laray that was commoner, 8 babies to 8.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Laray Larue
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 130 years in which either name was published, Larue for 93 years and Laray for 37 years. The lead changed hands 25 times.
- 1893–1975 Larue ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1978–2011 Laray ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 2014–2019 Larue ahead
18 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Laray | Larue | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 799 | 5,520 |
| Most in one year | 20 | 185 |
| Babies in 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 710 | 1,700 |
| Median age today | 39 | 71 |
| Peak year | 2009 | 1920 |
| Best rank | 6,095th boys | 590th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,910th | 10,917th |
| First recorded | 1924 | 1893 |
| Girls / boys | 377 / 422 | 3,980 / 1,540 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Larues alive today are over 71; half the Larays are over 39. That is 32 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Compare something else
Related comparisons
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Laray and Larue.