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Larson

#2,628 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Lawrence with the suffix -son

Larson has been given to 1,771 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #2,628 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 59 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Larson, 2025

1 in 66,300

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Larson went to 17% girls and 83% boys.

19172025

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.

Larson: meaning, origin, and history

Lawrence with the suffix -son

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Larson means

Larson is formed from Lawrence with the suffix -son.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Originally from a Middle English pet form of Lawrence + -son. In the United States, a common anglicization of the Swedish Larsson and Danish and Norwegian Larsen.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Larson (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Larson is used in English.

Larson comes through Swedish Larsson and Norwegian Larsen.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lawrence and Larsson.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Larson is pronounced /ˈlɑɹ.sən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,677 boys were recorded with the name Larson between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 59 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,086 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,383 in 2020 to #2,628 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,124 in 2015 to #2,628 in 2025.

In the United States, 94 girls were recorded with the name Larson between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2015; its best national rank was #9,810 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,473 in 2020 to #9,810 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,542 in 2015 to #9,810 in 2025.

How common is Larson?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 66,300
50 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 34,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,628
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
45,959 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Larson 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 45,959 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Larson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Larsons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Larson was born before 2007 — so the typical Larson is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
25.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,603
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Choose a decade

2000s — 25.3% of all recorded uses (425).

Is Larson 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
−167
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−245
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+496
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.35×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
84.7%
Peak was 2023 (59)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,086
2004

Spellings of Larson

Larson is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 35.9% against Larson's 0.06%.

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 Larson is used

Across 1910–2025, Larson was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 554,855 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in —
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6North Carolina1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 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. Larson has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Larson around the world

Where Larson 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.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2021–2023
    #614
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    2017–2017
    #415
    in 2017
  • France
    2005–2023
    #4,965
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2006–2020
    #1,560
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    2004–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Larson by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,628
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 245
Best rank ever
#2,086
2004
Peak year
2023
59 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,677
Count in 2025
50

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,810
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6,663
Best rank ever
#9,810
2025
Peak year
2015
10 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
94
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Larson

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

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Sibling names for Larson

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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