Larue — #10276 US unisex name
3,972 babies named Larue in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Larue was born in this single decade.
148 babies were named Larue in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Larue
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,972 babies named Larue between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Larue currently holds the #10276 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 148 babies received it in a single year. Larue is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,540 additional births since 1900.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Larue performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Larue shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 799 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Larue in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Larue 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 3,972 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.
Larue at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Larue popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1893
- Peak year (1920)
- 148
- Annual births at peak — across 132 years of records
Currently ranks #10276 among girls.
3,972 total births across 132 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 148 births in a single year.
Larue popularity over time — boys
1,540 total births recorded since 1900 (Larue as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Larue accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Larue by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 1,204 births that decade — 30% of Larue's all-time total
Larue decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,204 births
- Runner-up 872 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Larue's strongest decade
1,204 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Larue by state
Where Larue concentrates geographically — total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 799 | 20.1% |
| #2 | Utah | | 409 | 10.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 292 | 7.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 123 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Idaho | | 102 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 39 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 25 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 24 | 0.6% |
799 of 3,972 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 20.1% of nationwide
- Utah 10.3% of nationwide
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.1% of nationwide
- Idaho 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 20.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Larue appears in 19 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, 1893–2024 (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.