Lars

#1,886 for boys in 2025, 83 births

Peak · boys
1883 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,035
since 1883

Lars over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lars has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #720, 1883boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,88683
2024#2,16967
2023#2,14767
2022#1,75095
2021#2,32159
2020#1,79883
2019#2,08169
2018#1,76287
2017#1,74688
2016#1,532109
2015#1,70391
2014#1,79483
2013#1,61395
2012#1,77584
2011#1,88674
2010#1,71389
2009#1,65495
2008#1,565102
2007#1,341125
2006#1,501101
2005#1,307116
2004#1,328111
2003#1,233117
2002#1,127127
2001#1,191114
2000#1,096128
1999#1,224103
1998#1,146109
1997#1,22795
1996#1,18097
1995#1,21391
1994#1,21889
1993#1,19688
1992#1,18788
1991#1,30874
1990#1,18884
1989#1,19780
1988#1,08384
1987#1,16168
1986#1,07575
1985#1,11669
1984#98781
1983#878100
1982#99582
1981#1,03777
1980#90199
1979#842105
1978#1,08764
1977#1,04768
1976#93979
1975#94575
1974#91479
1973#92576
1972#85987
1971#86489
1970#798104
1969#79993
1968#78888
1967#75496
1966#80582
1965#81582
1964#79290
1963#85179
1962#77995
1961#735110
1960#97361
1959#79194
1958#87774
1957#1,02954
1956#1,01954
1955#1,16741
1954#1,12244
1953#1,24536
1952#1,16640
1951#1,37329
1950#1,23234
1949#1,34829
1948#1,23134
1947#1,98815
1946#1,81316
1945#1,49420
1944#1,48321
1943#1,69918
1942#1,38125
1941#1,82115
1940#1,43322
1939#1,53219
1938#1,81815
1937#1,28827
1936#1,72316
1935#1,83715
1934#2,12112
1933#1,90514
1932#2,46510
1931#2,20712
1930#2,17813
1929#2,09614
1928#2,04815
1927#2,19314
1926#2,18614
1925#2,58811
1924#3,0239
1923#1,94117
1922#2,80110
1921#1,70321
1920#2,23114
1919#3,1158
1918#2,39812
1917#1,43724
1916#2,54310
1915#1,70717
1914#1,54516
1913#2,4966
1912#2,2696
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1883#7207
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Lars! It came in at #720, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Lars is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedWIMichigan: #544 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,337 boysMINew York: #736 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 21,817 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #556 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 18,179 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #284 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,345 boysCTCalifornia: #597 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 11,046 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Lars, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Connecticut#284 · 1 in 4,345
  2. Michigan#544 · 1 in 14,337
  3. Pennsylvania#556 · 1 in 18,179
  4. California#597 · 1 in 11,046
  5. New York#736 · 1 in 21,817

Best ever in a state: #132 in Alaska, 1979.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#28461 in 4,345
Michigan#54461 in 14,337
Pennsylvania#55661 in 18,179
California#597171 in 11,046
New York#73681 in 21,817
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lars
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 283 spots since 2024 (#2,169 → #1,886)
  • 88 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #1,886)
  • 183 spots since 2015 (#1,703 → #1,886)
  • Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1979 (#1,087 → #842)
  • Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1884 (#720 → #971)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #720 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1958–1976
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,308
  • Highest: 1 in 13,308 boys born in 1901 were named Lars (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,579 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #720 in 1883, was only 1 in 14,946 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 16.1% of all boys named Lars (1,136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s22#720 (1883)#893
1890s5#1,057 (1897)#1,057
1900s8#779 (1901)#779
1910s99#1,437 (1917)#2,189
1920s139#1,703 (1921)#2,281
1930s153#1,288 (1937)#1,907
1940s215#1,231 (1948)#1,569
1950s500#791 (1959)#1,102
1960s876#735 (1961)#809
1970s826#798 (1970)#922
1980s815#878 (1983)#1,043
1990s918#1,146 (1998)#1,209
2000s1,136#1,096 (2000)#1,334
2010s869#1,532 (2016)#1,761
2020s454#1,750 (2022)#2,012

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lars in 1963

boys
#851
79 births · 1 in 25,710 boys

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #851Lars79
More about 1963

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 25,710 of them was named Lars, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lars
  1. #847Felton80
  2. #847Kory80
  3. #847Susan80
  4. #851Lars79
  5. #851Barron79
  6. #851Domenic79
  7. #851Nickolas79
  8. #855Bernardo77
  9. #855Cyrus77
  10. #855Derrell77

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →