Girls' name · since 1966
Larua
Larua has 207 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Larua sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 207 recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Larua has been recorded 207 times among girls since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1989.
- #19,477 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 207 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Larua ranks #19,477 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 207 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Larua's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Larua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Larua's full recorded timeline at 1978, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Larua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1989
- Peak year (1987)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Larua by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (117 births, 57% of the file).
1980s was Larua's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Larua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s
1970s
64 births
- 1980s
1980s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 117 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Larua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1966–1989 (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 Larua 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.