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Laron vs Larrie

American parents have registered 5,312 Larons since 1880, against 1,268 Larries. Laron is still ahead, with 14 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

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

Laron Larrie

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 104 years in which either name was published, Laron for 66 years and Larrie for 38 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.

Side by side

  Laron Larrie
Total US births 5,3121,268
Most in one year 13958
Babies in 2025 14under 5
Estimated living today 4,900720
Median age today 3470
Peak year 19901943
Best rank 869th boys1,018th boys
Rank in 2025 6,143rdunranked
First recorded 19151917
Girls / boys 119 / 5,193339 / 929

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 Larries alive today are over 70; half the Larons are over 34. That is 36 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: Laron and Larrie.