Lerry
A masculine name of uncertain origin, possibly related to the name Larry.
Name Census estimates that about 52 living Americans carry the first name Lerry. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Lerry today is around 72 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Lerry births was 1945 (9 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Lerry. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Lerry is about 72 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Lerrys were born before 1964.
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Lerry. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
52
~ 1 in 6,591,430 Americans
Peak year
1945
9 babies that year
Average age
72
years old
1969 SSA rank
#4,763
Tracked since 1945
Census
Lerry in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 229 people with the first name Lerry, which placed it at #35,223 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#35,223
National first-name rank
People counted
229
229 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
41.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Lerry
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lerry is White at 41.0%. The next largest groups are Black (28.8%) and Hispanic (20.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Lerry described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Lerry at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White41.0% · 94
- Black or African American28.8% · 66
- Hispanic or Latino20.1% · 46
- Asian and Pacific Islander5.7% · 13
- Two or more races3.1% · 7
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.3% · 3
Popularity
Lerry: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Lerry from the 1940s through to the 1960s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1950s, with 34 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1950s peak, Lerry remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lerry by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Lerry during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Lerry
The given name Lerry is a rare and obscure name with origins that are difficult to trace with certainty. Some scholars believe it may have originated as a variant or diminutive form of the name Lawrence, which itself derives from the Latin name Laurentius, meaning "from Laurentum." Laurentum was an ancient town in Italy, and the name may have referred to someone who lived there or was associated with the town in some way.
Alternatively, Lerry could be a variant spelling of the name Larry, which is an Anglicized form of the Irish name Láraí or Láire, meaning "noisy" or "loud." If this is the case, the name Lerry may have been influenced by Irish or Celtic naming traditions and could have been used in Ireland or regions with significant Irish populations.
Unfortunately, there are no clear historical references or records that definitively establish the origins or earliest uses of the name Lerry. It is possible that it emerged as a spontaneous variation or misspelling of more common names like Lawrence or Larry in various regions or communities.
In terms of notable individuals with the first name Lerry, the records are scarce. One of the earliest documented examples is Lerry Norwood, an American baseball player who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in the early 20th century, born in 1891 and active in the 1910s.
Another individual named Lerry was Lerry Barnes, an American football player who played for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1940s and 1950s, born in 1923 and active in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Lerry Vance was a Canadian professional wrestler who competed in the 1960s and 1970s, known for his appearances in various regional wrestling promotions across North America.
Lerry Ebert was a German-American businessman and philanthropist, born in 1932, who founded a successful construction company and was known for his charitable work in the Chicago area.
Lerry Gunderson was a Norwegian-American artist and painter, born in 1911, who was known for his landscape and naturalistic paintings depicting scenes from the American West and Pacific Northwest regions.
While the name Lerry is uncommon, these examples illustrate that it has been used sporadically throughout history, albeit with limited frequency and documentation compared to more prevalent given names.
People
Lerry + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Lerry as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Lerry: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lerry?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 52 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Lerry going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 6,591,430 US residents.
Is Lerry a common name?
We classify Lerry as "Very Rare". It ranks above 54.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 74 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Lerry most popular?
The single biggest year for Lerry was 1945, when 9 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Lerry is about 72 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Lerry in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 229 people with the name Lerry, or 0.08 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #35,223 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Lerry in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Lerry?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Lerry leans strongly male. 208 people counted with this name were male (91.6%), compared with 19 female bearers (8.4%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Lerry?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lerry is White at 41.0%. The next largest groups are Black (28.8%) and Hispanic (20.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Lerry most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Lerry in the 2020 Census, accounting for 41.0% (94 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Lerry in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Lerry a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Lerry in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Lerry still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Lerry in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Lerry can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Lerry?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.