Larence
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
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
| Decade | boys named Larence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 155 | |
| 1920s | 276 | |
| 1930s | 208 | |
| 1940s | 158 | |
| 1950s | 138 | |
| 1960s | 58 | |
| 1970s | 29 | |
| 1980s | 47 | |
| 1990s | 10 | |
| 2010s | 6 |
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.
- Beaufordpeak 1934
- Gasperpeak 1917
- Burnellpeak 1920
- Hoylepeak 1925
- Haskelpeak 1924
- Merwinpeak 1928
- Hulonpeak 1920
- Glenwoodpeak 1920
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.