How Many People Are Named Don Larsen?
There are approximately 16 people named Don Larsen living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 21,422,146 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Don with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Larsen. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
16
1 in 21,422,146 Americans
Combination Rarity
Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Don: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Don. The peak year was 1946 with 4,131 births. The average person named Don today is 67 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Don
In the 2020 Census, the first name Don was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (78.72%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (9.60%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (5.19%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Don in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Don rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Larsen Surname
The surname Larsen was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Larsen in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Don" has an estimated frequency of 0.0254% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Larsen" appears at a rate of 18.48 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Don are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 16 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Don Larsen: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Don Larsen?
We estimate approximately 16 people named Don Larsen are alive in the United States today. The first name Don is shared by 87,116 Americans, and the surname Larsen is shared by 63,339.
How rare is the name Don Larsen?
This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 21,422,146 Americans. The first name Don is uncommon and the surname Larsen is uncommon.
Is Don a male or female name?
Don is predominantly male, with 99.3% of bearers being male and 0.7% female. It peaked in popularity in 1946 and the average bearer today is 67 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Don?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Don was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (78.72%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (9.60%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (5.19%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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