Larry

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Larry: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Larry: Recorded since 1952, with a gap of 24 years, its highest recorded position is #69, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#69highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Larry's record

Absent from every published list for 24 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1761
1998	#1821
1999	#2097
2000	#1425
2001	#1746
2002	#1799
2003	#1962
2004	#1596
2005	#1377
2006	#1892
2007	#1125
2008	#1828
2009	#1859
2010	#1724
2011	#1788
2012	#1852
2013	#2055
2014	#1370
2015	#1380
2016	#2027
2017	#1470
2018	#1533
2019	#1986
2020	#2682
2021	#1688
2022	#1781
2023	#2007
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 24 of the 43 years from 1983 to 2025.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2443 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #69 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1958
Highest recorded position: #69 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1958).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Larry appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 319 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Larry across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Larry's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#330 (1983)	#324 (1998)	#829 (2025)	24 of 43	121 (1983–2025)	10 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1125 (2007)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	319 (1996–2024)	21 (2007)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#69 (1952)	#69 (1952)	#79 (1958)	7 of 7	613 (1952–1958)	102 (1952)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#319 (2018)	#319 (2018)	#433 (2021)	2 of 4	8 (2018–2021)	5 (2018)

Larry by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Larry in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	106	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	138	10 of 10	14
2020s	54	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Larry appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #69 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Larry's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1125	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #69, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 102 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 24 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1983, and 66 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Larna · #1365, 29y
Larosa · #718, 12y
Lars · #2, 81y
Lars-Erik · #223, 44y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elliott · #71, 34y
Candice · #72, 35y
Chad · #72, 39y
Rhiannon · #65, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Carmen · #69, 70y
Jocelyn · #69, 48y
Philippa · #69, 62y
Ricky · #68, 56y

Larry was ranked #69 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1952. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Larry and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Larry without appearing here.

Larry moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Robyn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2682 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1688 and #3451.
Kristoffer Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1821 and #1821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1425 and #3036.
Nils Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #1859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1724 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Larry

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #848.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1799 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1962 and #1092.
Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1377 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1892 and #1168.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1821 and #1110.

Moved the opposite way to Larry

Adam Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Larry went from #330 to #829 while Adam went from #67 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Larry went from #330 to #829 while Alex went from #202 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Larry went from #330 to #829 while Alexander went from #152 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Larry went from #330 to #829 while Arthur went from #164 to #57.

Moved the same way as Larry

Adrian Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Larry went from #330 to #829 and Adrian from #56 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Larry went from #330 to #829 and Alan from #11 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Larry went from #330 to #829 and Andrew from #28 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Larry went from #330 to #829 and Anthony from #20 to #135.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #69 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Larry

Larry at a glance

What stands out in Larry's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Larry across 4 official records

Larry by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Larry appears in

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Larry at a glance

What stands out in Larry's record

Larry across 4 official records

Larry by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Larry appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Larry

Larry and the names beside it

Larry moved ahead of

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