Lara
#691 for girls in 2025, 409 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 1,354 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 30,168since 1887
Lara over time
Rank among girls' names. Lara has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #691 | 409 | — | |
| 2024 | #741 | 380 | — | |
| 2023 | #731 | 384 | — | |
| 2022 | #693 | 424 | — | |
| 2021 | #681 | 427 | — | |
| 2020 | #707 | 396 | — | |
| 2019 | #701 | 413 | — | |
| 2018 | #759 | 359 | — | |
| 2017 | #761 | 365 | — | |
| 2016 | #755 | 378 | — | |
| 2015 | #812 | 345 | — | |
| 2014 | #821 | 337 | — | |
| 2013 | #874 | 295 | — | |
| 2012 | #852 | 313 | — | |
| 2011 | #929 | 278 | — | |
| 2010 | #880 | 301 | — | |
| 2009 | #930 | 287 | — | |
| 2008 | #932 | 292 | — | |
| 2007 | #932 | 290 | — | |
| 2006 | #834 | 322 | — | |
| 2005 | #811 | 319 | — | |
| 2004 | #735 | 359 | — | |
| 2003 | #732 | 349 | — | |
| 2002 | #635 | 402 | — | |
| 2001 | #724 | 336 | — | |
| 2000 | #847 | 262 | — | |
| 1999 | #788 | 278 | — | |
| 1998 | #822 | 259 | — | |
| 1997 | #846 | 242 | — | |
| 1996 | #773 | 271 | — | |
| 1995 | #773 | 260 | — | |
| 1994 | #724 | 287 | — | |
| 1993 | #752 | 276 | — | |
| 1992 | #638 | 353 | — | |
| 1991 | #594 | 379 | — | |
| 1990 | #539 | 442 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #489 | 480 | — | |
| 1988 | #418 | 558 | — | |
| 1987 | #413 | 539 | — | |
| 1986 | #409 | 538 | — | |
| 1985 | #449 | 487 | — | |
| 1984 | #419 | 508 | — | |
| 1983 | #422 | 514 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #370 | 626 | — | |
| 1981 | #387 | 583 | — | |
| 1980 | #393 | 579 | — | |
| 1979 | #420 | 500 | — | |
| 1978 | #376 | 561 | — | |
| 1977 | #342 | 662 | — | |
| 1976 | #293 | 775 | — | |
| 1975 | #344 | 637 | — | |
| 1974 | #360 | 600 | — | |
| 1973 | #334 | 662 | — | |
| 1972 | #296 | 830 | — | |
| 1971 | #273 | 1,053 | — | |
| 1970 | #235 | 1,332 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #222 | 1,354 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #227 | 1,295 | — | |
| 1967 | #277 | 945 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #617 | 236 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,366 | 65 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,241 | 78 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,419 | 61 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,520 | 55 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,597 | 49 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lara! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lara
- 50 spots since 2024 (#741 → #691)
- 16 spots since 2020 (#707 → #691)
- 121 spots since 2015 (#812 → #691)
- Biggest jump: 749 spots in 1966 (#1,366 → #617)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1993 (#638 → #752)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1969 at #222 (1,354 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1966–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,246 girls born in 1969 were named Lara (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,930 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 25.2% of all girls named Lara (7,612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,147 (1887) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 30 | #1,332 (1891) | #1,520 |
| 1900s | 41 | #1,416 (1906) | #1,651 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,372 (1911) | #2,235 |
| 1920s | 189 | #1,647 (1925) | #2,048 |
| 1930s | 138 | #1,801 (1936) | #2,286 |
| 1940s | 121 | #2,397 (1941) | #2,829 |
| 1950s | 241 | #1,881 (1959) | #2,231 |
| 1960s | 4,195 | #222 (1969) | #998 |
| 1970s | 7,612 | #235 (1970) | #327 |
| 1980s | 5,412 | #370 (1982) | #417 |
| 1990s | 3,047 | #539 (1990) | #725 |
| 2000s | 3,218 | #635 (2002) | #811 |
| 2010s | 3,384 | #701 (2019) | #814 |
| 2020s | 2,420 | #681 (2021) | #707 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lara in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 4,295 of them was named Lara, which outranked 96.5% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 342,340 of them was named Lara, which outranked 24.4% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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Tied with 938 names at #7,178; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.