Laryn

Girls' name

Variant of Lauren

Laryn has been given to 410 babies in the U.S. since 1976. 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 1999, with 24 recorded.

Babies named Laryn, 2021

1 in 484,000

Laryn over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Laryn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Lauren

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Laryn means

Laryn is a variant of Lauren.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Laryn is used in English (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lauren.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 410 girls were recorded with the name Laryn between 1976 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 24 in 1999; its best national rank was #4,661 in 1999.

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 Laryn?

Laryn had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 484,000; 7 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only: 1 in 234,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 335,678 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Laryn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 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 335,678 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Laryn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laryns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Laryn was born before 2000 — so the typical Laryn is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 32.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 410; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 32.4% of all recorded uses (133).

Is Laryn 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1999 (24)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,661; 1999

Spellings of Laryn

Laryn is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 67.4% against Laryn's <0.01%.

Mary67.4%4,141,481
Karen16.1%987,989
Lauren7.7%475,577
Camryn0.50%30,959
Lara0.49%30,168
Arya0.48%29,536
Karin0.46%28,532
Taryn0.42%25,698

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.

Laryn around the world

Where Laryn 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
1956–1976
#651
in 1976

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

Laryn by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,661; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 24 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 410
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Laryn

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

Larah Larkyn Lareen Larose Laraya Lariya Toryn Laray Faryn Larie Laren Larin Laryah Saryn Meryn Laritza Larna Lariah Larra Larua Larri Laretta Koryn Laresa

Sibling names for Laryn

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

For a sister

Tatianna Caleigh Chyna Kaylah Calista Destini Carson Kayley

For a brother

Marshal Maximillian Reyes Stone Devyn Garrison Tyrese Josef

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