Laroy — boys' name

What the Data Says About Laroy

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,317 babies named Laroy between 1912 and 2021, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Laroy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laroy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Laroy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Laroy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laroy 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 1,317 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.