Larsen
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- LAR-sun
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Larsen is a name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “son of Lars”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Larsen mean?
Scandinavian: spelling of Larson; surname meaning 'son of Lars'
“son of Lars”
From a Scandinavian surname; Lars is the Nordic form of Laurence.
Meaning borrowed from Larson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Larsen a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Larsen has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Larsen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Larsen, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
2025 had fewer boys named Larsen than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Larsen in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were given Larsen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,942, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
- Larson 50
- Larsen 12
In 2023, 40% of the babies named Larsen in the US were girls.
Larsen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
Nicknames for Larsen
- Lars 12 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Larsen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jensen, Aiden, Kayden, Jayden, Brayden, Cohen, Jaylen, Logan, Raiden, Holden, Camden, Bowen
Other spellings of Larsen
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley, Loa, Lilja
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Larsen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/larsen, updated 20 October 2026.