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Larenzo vs Laron

American parents have registered 5,312 Larons since 1880, against 1,151 Larenzos. But in 2025 it was Larenzo that was commoner, 18 babies to 14.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Larenzo against Laron, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Larenzo Laron

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 93 years in which either name was published, Laron for 90 years and Larenzo for 3 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.

Side by side

  Larenzo Laron
Total US births 1,1515,312
Most in one year 35139
Babies in 2025 1814
Estimated living today 1,1004,900
Median age today 2534
Peak year 20191990
Best rank 3,259th boys869th boys
Rank in 2025 5,208th6,143rd
First recorded 19331915
Girls / boys 0 / 1,151119 / 5,193

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 Larons alive today are over 34; half the Larenzos are over 25. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Larenzo and Laron.