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Laron vs Larrey

American parents have registered 5,312 Larons since 1880, against 7 Larreys. Laron is still ahead, with 14 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

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

Laron Larrey

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

Laron has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1915 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.

The closest they came was 1953, when Laron had 12 and Larrey had 7.

Side by side

  Laron Larrey
Total US births 5,3127
Most in one year 1397
Babies in 2025 14under 5
Estimated living today 4,9005
Median age today 3472
Peak year 19901953
Best rank 869th boys3,143rd boys
Rank in 2025 6,143rdunranked
First recorded 19151953
Girls / boys 119 / 5,1930 / 7

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 Larreys alive today are over 72; half the Larons are over 34. That is 38 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: Laron and Larrey.