Larue
#11,481 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Larue has been given to 5,520 babies in the U.S. since 1893. In 2025 it ranked #11,481 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1920, with 148 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% girls, 28% boys all-time.
Babies named Larue, 2025
1 in 414,000
Larue over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Larue over time
In 2025, Larue went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
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.
How common is Larue?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 414,000
- 8 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 201,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #11,481
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 287,238 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Larue sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Larue. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Larues were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Larue was born before 1929 — so the typical Larue is around 96 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 30.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 2.8%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 549
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 30.3% of all recorded uses (1,204).
Is Larue 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
- −755
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,348
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.14×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 5.4%
- Peak was 1920 (148)
- Years since peak
- 105
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.2% average annual change
Spellings of Larue
Larue is not the most common spelling — Marie is, with 60.9% against Larue's 0.45%.
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 Larue is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Larue was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 3,125 girls, against 1 in 46,907 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 3,125
- 2Idaho1 in 5,882
- 3Pennsylvania1 in 11,111
- 4North Carolina1 in 33,333
- 5Texas1 in 50,000
- 6Georgia1 in 100,000
- 7Iowa1 in 100,000
- 8Maryland1 in 100,000
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. Larue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Larue is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Larue was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 147,273 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Pennsylvania1 in 50,000
- 2Illinois1 in —
- 3Missouri1 in —
- 4New York1 in —
- 5South Carolina1 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. Larue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Larue by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Larue
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Larue
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Larue, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Larue
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.