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

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Peak · girls
1969 · 1,354 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
30,168
since 1887

Lara over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lara has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #222, 1969girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#691409—
2024#741380—
2023#731384—
2022#693424—
2021#681427—
2020#707396—
2019#701413—
2018#759359—
2017#761365—
2016#755378—
2015#812345—
2014#821337—
2013#874295—
2012#852313—
2011#929278—
2010#880301—
2009#930287—
2008#932292—
2007#932290—
2006#834322—
2005#811319—
2004#735359—
2003#732349—
2002#635402—
2001#724336—
2000#847262—
1999#788278—
1998#822259—
1997#846242—
1996#773271—
1995#773260—
1994#724287—
1993#752276—
1992#638353—
1991#594379—
1990#539442#7,1786
1989#489480—
1988#418558—
1987#413539—
1986#409538—
1985#449487—
1984#419508—
1983#422514#5,4846
1982#370626—
1981#387583—
1980#393579—
1979#420500—
1978#376561—
1977#342662—
1976#293775—
1975#344637—
1974#360600—
1973#334662—
1972#296830—
1971#2731,053—
1970#2351,332#4,7245
1969#2221,354#3,9356
1968#2271,295—
1967#277945#3,5596
1966#617236—
1965#1,36665—
1964#1,49757—
1963#1,24178—
1962#1,41961—
1961#1,52055—
1960#1,59749—
1959#1,88135—
1958#1,93932—
1957#2,41622—
1956#1,96830—
1955#2,63518—
1954#1,94929—
1953#2,43119—
1952#2,41119—
1951#2,24520—
1950#2,43617—
1949#2,62015—
1948#2,41617—
1947#3,06112—
1946#2,48215—
1945#3,3888—
1944#2,51113—
1943#3,8017—
1942#3,1949—
1941#2,39713—
1940#2,42412—
1939#2,73610—
1938#2,57911—
1937#2,57011—
1936#1,80118—
1935#2,09515—
1934#2,28913—
1933#2,68810—
1932#2,36513—
1931#1,80319—
1930#1,93418—
1929#2,01117—
1928#2,28415—
1927#1,72824—
1926#1,88321—
1925#1,64726—
1924#1,99220—
1923#2,36615—
1922#2,10918—
1921#2,37815—
1920#2,07918—
1919#2,51513—
1918#2,67412#4,1795
1917#2,20415—
1916#1,80519—
1915#2,14314—
1914#3,1886—
1913#2,8276—
1912#1,84410—
1911#1,37212—
1910#1,7738—
1909#1,9576—
1908#1,6767—
1907#1,6397—
1906#1,4168—
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First appearance
1887

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.

Where Lara is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lara
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
82 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1969 at #222 (1,354 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1966–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,246
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 25.2% of all girls named Lara (7,612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,147 (1887)#1,147
1890s30#1,332 (1891)#1,520
1900s41#1,416 (1906)#1,651
1910s115#1,372 (1911)#2,235
1920s189#1,647 (1925)#2,048
1930s138#1,801 (1936)#2,286
1940s121#2,397 (1941)#2,829
1950s241#1,881 (1959)#2,231
1960s4,195#222 (1969)#998
1970s7,612#235 (1970)#327
1980s5,412#370 (1982)#417
1990s3,047#539 (1990)#725
2000s3,218#635 (2002)#811
2010s3,384#701 (2019)#814
2020s2,420#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 1887

girls
#1,147
5 births · 1 in 29,196 girls

Top girls' names in 1887

  1. #1Mary9,888
  2. #2Anna4,227
  3. #3Elizabeth2,681
  4. #4Emma2,647
  5. #5Margaret2,419
  6. #6Minnie2,215
  7. #7Bertha2,037
  8. #8Clara1,984
  9. #9Florence1,964
  10. #10Ida1,929
  11. #1,147Lara5
More about 1887

girls

145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 29,196 of them was named Lara, which outranked 12.2% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lara
  1. #1,036Violette6
  2. #1,036Zena6
  3. #1,036Zillah6
  4. #1,147Lara5
  5. #1,147Abby5
  6. #1,147Adalene5
  7. #1,147Adrienne5

Tied with 159 names at #1,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Ossie#1,108 → #537
  2. ↑ 522Albertine#1,108 → #586
  3. ↑ 475Grayce#1,108 → #633
  4. ↑ 447Berenice#1,108 → #661
  5. ↑ 447Elfrieda#1,108 → #661
Fallers
  1. ↓ 591Faith#556 → #1,147
  2. ↓ 541Jo#606 → #1,147
  3. ↓ 541Leanna#606 → #1,147
  4. ↓ 541Manie#606 → #1,147
  5. ↓ 430Drusilla#606 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1887 →