Lara Girl
How popular is Lara?
#691 girl name in 2025
409 baby girls were named Lara in the US in 2025, making it the 691st most popular girl name.
Lara popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #691 for girls (▲ 50 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 409 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #812 in 2015, #707 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1969 (1,354 girls) |
| Highest rank | #222 in 1969 |
| First recorded | 1887 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lara family of names ranked #652 for girls in 2025 (#707 the year before), with 414 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lara | 409 | 99% |
| Larah | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lara is most popular
Babies named Lara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.8 per 1,000 (101 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.7 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Florida: 0.6 per 1,000 (274 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (111 girls)
- New York: 0.4 per 1,000 (169 girls)
Lara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1900s | 41 | #1,416 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,372 |
| 1920s | 189 | #1,646 |
| 1930s | 138 | #1,801 |
| 1940s | 121 | #2,396 |
| 1950s | 241 | #1,880 |
| 1960s | 4,195 | #222 |
| 1970s | 7,612 | #235 |
| 1980s | 5,412 | #370 |
| 1990s | 3,047 | #538 |
| 2000s | 3,218 | #635 |
| 2010s | 3,384 | #701 |
| 2020s | 2,420 | #681 |
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Questions
- Is Lara a boy or girl name?
- Lara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lara were girls.
- How popular is the name Lara?
- 409 baby girls were named Lara in the US in 2025, making it the 691st most popular girl name.
- When was Lara most popular?
- Lara peaked in 1969, when 1,354 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #222 in 1969.
- How many people are named Lara?
- 30,202 babies have been named Lara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 28,611 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Lara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lara was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.