Laruen — girls' name
156 babies named Laruen in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
77% of everyone ever named Laruen was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Laruen in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laruen
The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Laruen between 1979 and 1998, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laruen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laruen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Laruen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Laruen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laruen 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 156 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.
Laruen at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laruen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1979
- Peak year (1988)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
156 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 18 births in a single year.
Laruen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 120 births that decade — 77% of Laruen's all-time total
Laruen decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Laruen's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% of all-time use.
Laruen by state
Where Laruen concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 3.2% |
6 of 156 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.8% of nationwide
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.8% 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, 1979–1998 (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.