Larna — girls' name
234 babies named Larna in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Larna was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Larna in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Larna
The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Larna between 1917 and 1978, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Larna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Larna performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Larna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Larna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 234 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Larna at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Larna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1917
- Peak year (1957)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
234 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 11 births in a single year.
Larna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 62 births that decade — 26% of Larna's all-time total
Larna decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Larna's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1978 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.