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Larysa

Girls' name

Transliteration of Лари́са

Larysa has been given to 155 babies in the U.S. since 1951. 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 1993, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Larysa, 2008

1 in 786,000

Larysa over time, 1880–2025

Girls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Larysa: meaning, origin, and history

Transliteration of Лари́са

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Larysa means

Larysa is a transliteration of Лари́са.

Origin, language, and formation

Larysa is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Лари́са.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 155 girls were recorded with the name Larysa between 1951 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1993; its best national rank was #5,151 in 1951.

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 Larysa?

Larysa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008
1 in 786,000
5 of 3,930,727 births
Among girls only
1 in 378,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2008
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
544,916 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Larysa 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 2008 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 544,916 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Larysa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Larysas were born

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

Median birth year
1990
About 35 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
37.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
65.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
155
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 37.4% of all recorded uses (58).

Is Larysa 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
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1993 (10)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,151
1951

Spellings of Larysa

Larysa is not the most common spelling — Layla is, with 40.9% against Larysa's 0.05%.

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.

Larysa around the world

Where Larysa 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
    2012–2019
    #5,591
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1995–1999
    #2,493
    in 1999
  • South Australia
    1952–1952
    #460
    in 1952

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Larysa 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
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Best rank ever
#5,151
1951
Peak year
1993
10 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
155
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Larysa

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

LaryahLariyaLarkenLarsonLaroseLarayaLarsynLarayahLarimarLarkynLareenLarahLaruenLarinLaruthLarsenLaritzaLarizaLarosaLaretaAleysaLarineLarrieLariah

Sibling names for Larysa

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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