Laroyce — boys' name
55 babies named Laroyce in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Laroyce was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Laroyce in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laroyce
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Laroyce between 1970 and 1997, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Laroyce currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Laroyce is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 41 additional births since 1957.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laroyce performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Laroyce shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laroyce in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laroyce 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 55 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.
Laroyce at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laroyce popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1970
- Peak year (1988)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
55 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 9 births in a single year.
Laroyce popularity over time — girls
41 total births recorded since 1957 (Laroyce as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Laroyce accounts for 43% of total recorded use across both genders.
Laroyce by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 22 births that decade — 40% of Laroyce's all-time total
Laroyce decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Laroyce's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Laroyce by state
Where Laroyce concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 9.1% |
5 of 55 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 9.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–1997 (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.