as a First Name
Pet form of Laurence or Lawrence, sometimes used as an independent given name, as in the case of the American actor Larry Hagman (b. 1931). As a girl's name it is a pet form of Larissa.
| 55th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 744,609
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 799,227
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Larry per capita
- 1948
- marked the height of its popularity
0.12%
99.88%
63%
55+
55+
31%
30-54
30-54
4%
13-29
13-29
2%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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