Boys' name · since 1943
Larey
Larey has 21 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,722 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1943
- 1940s
- peak decade
21 boys have been named Larey since 1943, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Larey has 21 recorded births among boys since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1950.
- #28,722 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 1943
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Larey ranks #28,722 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1943, peaking in the 1940s.
- #28,722 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1943
- 1940s
- peak decade
Larey's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Larey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Larey's full recorded timeline at 1948, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1948 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Larey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1950
- Peak year (1948)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Larey by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (16 births, 76% of the file).
1940s was Larey's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Larey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Larey's data
- Larey's decade-level peak was the 1940s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Larey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1943–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Larey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.