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Laron

#6,304 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Laron has been given to 5,312 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #6,304 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 139 recorded.

Babies named Laron, 2025

1 in 237,000

Laron over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Laron: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Laron means

Laron is a given name.

The naming story behind Laron

Wikidata records Laron as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q60795564, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,193 boys were recorded with the name Laron between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 139 in 1990; its best national rank was #762 in 1976.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,091 in 2020 to #6,304 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,510 in 2015 to #6,304 in 2025.

In the United States, 119 girls were recorded with the name Laron between 1964 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1970; its best national rank was #4,501 in 1964.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Laron?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,304
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Laron sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Laron. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Larons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Laron was born before 1990 — so the typical Laron is around 35 today.

Median birth year
1990
About 35 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
20.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,068
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1980s — 20.0% of all recorded uses (1,039).

Is Laron rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,663
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,213
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,794
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.28×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.1%
Peak was 1990 (139)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#762
1976

Spellings of Laron

Laron is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 22.6% against Laron's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Laron is used

Across 1910–2025, Laron was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 53,131 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

06 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 16,667
  2. 2Michigan1 in 20,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 25,000
  4. 4California1 in 33,333
  5. 5Florida1 in 50,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 50,000
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8New York1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Laron has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Laron

People whose public names include Laron, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Laron by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,304
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,213
Best rank ever
#762
1976
Peak year
1990
139 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,193
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,501
1964
Peak year
1970
12 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
1993
All-time count
119
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Laron

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LarsDeronKyronLarkinBaronDaronTyronArronKaronLarronLarsonTaronFaronJaronJeronBarronDarronKamronLeronLarueLarayAhronLaroyAharon

Names with a curve like Laron

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Laron, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BrannonDedrickCedrickDericDejuanGarrickAdalbertoJadeBenjamenKendellAntwonDerik

Sibling names for Laron

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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