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Larcenia vs Laron

American parents have registered 5,312 Larons since 1880, against 64 Larcenias. Laron is still ahead, with 14 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Larcenia against Laron, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Larcenia Laron

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 96 years in which either name was published, Laron for 90 years and Larcenia for 6 years. The lead changed hands 7 times.

Side by side

  Larcenia Laron
Total US births 645,312
Most in one year 9139
Babies in 2025 under 514
Estimated living today 204,900
Median age today 8434
Peak year 19251990
Best rank 3,362nd girls869th boys
Rank in 2025 unranked6,143rd
First recorded 19021915
Girls / boys 64 / 0119 / 5,193

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Larcenias alive today are over 84; half the Larons are over 34. That is 50 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Larcenia and Laron.