first name
LARA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,726 people named Lara, 81% reported their origin as White, 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lara peaked in 1969, when 1,360 babies got the name.
At least 30,202 babies have been given the name since 1887. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lara by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #586. The largest share of babies named Lara, 40.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lara is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lara has been most common in Florida (1.8×), New Jersey (1.7×), and Utah (1.6×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.31×).
26,482 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lara
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lara, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lara ranks #374 of 156,621, with 83,110 people. See Lara as a last name
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