How rare is the name Lars?

7,136 people in the United States have the first name Lars, about 1 in 42,325. It ranks #3,091 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LARS

#3,091

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,136
About
1 in 42,325
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,136 people named Lars, 90.8% reported their origin as White, 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as two or more races. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lars peaked in 2000, when 128 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
128
In 2025*
83 ▼35%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,035 babies have been given the name since 1883. 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.

Lars by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,941. The largest share of babies named Lars, 24%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,23122
1890s#3,9395
1900s#4,5168
1910s#4,16299
1920s#4,374139
1930s#3,669153
1940s#3,249215
1950s#2,401500
1960s#1,941876
1970s#2,178826
1980s#2,461815
1990s#2,831918
2000s#3,0391,136
2010s#3,913869
2020s#4,270454
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.1%
Silent Generation 1928–454.3%
Baby boom 1946–6414.6%
Generation X 1965–8019.4%
Millennials 1981–9618.9%
Generation Z 1997–1224%
2013 and later15.3%

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 Lars is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lars has been most common in Washington (6.3×), Minnesota (6×), and California (3.3×), and least common in Florida (0.4×).

2,852 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.

Exactly as common as Lars

1 other first name also has 7,136 people.

#3,091 Ward · 7,136

Either side of Lars

#3,089 Korbin · 7,141#3,090 Luella · 7,137#3,091 Ward · 7,136#3,093 Joellen · 7,130

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lars, most common first.

#8,403 Lark · 1,726#34,840 Larz · 233#42,918 Laris · 166

Also a last name

As a last name, Lars ranks #72,473 of 156,621, with 289 people. See Lars as a last name

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