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Larrie

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Diminutive of Laurence

Larrie has been given to 1,268 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1943, with 43 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% boys, 27% girls all-time.

Babies named Larrie, 1998

1 in 735,000

Larrie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Larrie over time

In 1998, Larrie went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19171998

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Larrie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Laurence

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Larrie means

Larrie is a diminutive of Laurence.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Larrie is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈlæɹ.i/ for Larrie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Larrie → Laurence. The family’s proposed meaning is “laurel”, recorded in English with the source elements laurus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laurence.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 929 boys were recorded with the name Larrie between 1917 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 43 in 1943; its best national rank was #1,012 in 1941.

In the United States, 339 girls were recorded with the name Larrie between 1924 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1944; its best national rank was #1,942 in 1944.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Larrie?

Larrie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1998, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1998
1 in 735,000
5 of 3,677,189 births
Among boys only
1 in 382,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1998
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
509,768 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Larrie 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 1998 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 509,768 children born in 1998 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Larrie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Larries were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Larrie was born before 1948 — so the typical Larrie is around 77 today.

Median birth year
1948
About 77 years old
Biggest decade
1940s
34.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.2%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
410
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1940s — 34.3% of all recorded uses (319).

Is Larrie 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1943 (43)
Years since peak
82
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,012
1941

Spellings of Larrie

Larrie is not the most common spelling — Larry is, with 88.7% against Larrie's 0.10%.

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 Larrie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Larrie was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,007,834 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —
  2. 2Ohio1 in —
  3. 3Washington1 in —

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. Larrie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Larrie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Larrie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,477,330 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Larrie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Larrie around the world

Where Larrie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1963–1963
    #563
    in 1963

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Larrie by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,012
1941
Peak year
1943
43 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
1998
All-time count
929
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,942
1944
Peak year
1944
20 that year
First recorded
1924
Last recorded
1990
All-time count
339
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Larrie

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

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Sibling names for Larrie

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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