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Larenzo vs Larue

American parents have registered 5,520 Larues since 1880, against 1,151 Larenzos. But in 2025 it was Larenzo that was commoner, 18 babies to 8.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Larenzo against Larue, 1880 to 2025 0 50 100 150 200 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Larenzo 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 132 years in which either name was published, Larue for 83 years and Larenzo for 49 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.

Side by side

  Larenzo Larue
Total US births 1,1515,520
Most in one year 35185
Babies in 2025 188
Estimated living today 1,1001,700
Median age today 2571
Peak year 20191920
Best rank 3,259th boys590th girls
Rank in 2025 5,208th10,917th
First recorded 19331893
Girls / boys 0 / 1,1513,980 / 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 Larenzos are over 25. That is 46 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 Larue.