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Larence

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Larence is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
192737 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1886
1,096people given the name
Babies named Larence, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,096 boys have been named Larence in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 37 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 37 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 25%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Larence
1880s5
1900s6
1910s155
1920s276
1930s208
1940s158
1950s138
1960s58
1970s29
1980s47
1990s10
2010s6

In 1927, its biggest year

Larence was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.

Names that rose and fell with Larence

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.