Larson — #2445 US boys' name
1,627 babies named Larson in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Larson was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Larson in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Larson
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,627 babies named Larson between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Larson currently holds the #2445 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 59 babies received it in a single year. Larson is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 84 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Larson performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 425 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Larson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Larson in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Larson 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 1,627 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.
Larson at a glance
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Current rank
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Larson popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (2023)
- 59
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #2445 among boys.
1,627 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 59 births in a single year.
Larson popularity over time — girls
84 total births recorded since 1998 (Larson as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Larson accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Larson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 425 births that decade — 26% of Larson's all-time total
Larson decade highlights
- Peak decade 425 births
- Runner-up 417 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Larson's strongest decade
425 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Larson by state
Where Larson concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 37 | 2.3% |
| #2 | California | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 8 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Washington | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
37 of 1,627 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
- California 1.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.7% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Larson appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1917–2024 (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.