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Larry is an all-time favorite. At present it is still a rather popular baby boy name, but to a lesser degree than it was before. The name jumped in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1940s. At the peak of its usage in 1947, 1.880% of baby boys were given the name Larry. It had a ranking of #10 then. The baby name has suffered a steep decline in frequency since then. In 2007, it ranked at #334 with a usage of only 0.043%, but it was nonetheless the most commonly used out of all boy names in its family. The name Larry has been mainly given to boys, although it has also been used as a girl name in the last century. There were 204 times more boys than girls who were named Larry in 1956. Baby names that sound like Larry include the Finnish Lauri, the Italian Lauro, the English Leroi, the English Leroy, and the Hebrew Lior. KEY: Pronunciation for Larry: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" Details of famous persons named Larry:
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