Laroy
Laroy 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
- 198926 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,317people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,317 boys have been named Laroy in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 26 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 26 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1920s alone account for 13%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Laroy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 80 | |
| 1920s | 174 | |
| 1930s | 139 | |
| 1940s | 124 | |
| 1950s | 114 | |
| 1960s | 150 | |
| 1970s | 155 | |
| 1980s | 164 | |
| 1990s | 112 | |
| 2000s | 62 | |
| 2010s | 38 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1989, its biggest year
Laroy was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1989 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Laroy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Porfiriopeak 1921
- Parnellpeak 1963
- Candelariopeak 1929
- Rosaliopeak 1994
- Eulaliopeak 1929
- Agapitopeak 1924
- Bernardinopeak 1974
- Narcisopeak 1990
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.