Lars
Lars is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 64 births. Its best rank was 737th, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 640.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2000127 births
- Best rank
- #737in 1961
- Since 1883
- 6,949people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,949 boys have been named Lars in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 127 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 2000s alone account for 16%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lars | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 8 | |
| 1910s | 99 | |
| 1920s | 139 | |
| 1930s | 153 | |
| 1940s | 215 | |
| 1950s | 500 | |
| 1960s | 876 | |
| 1970s | 826 | |
| 1980s | 816 | |
| 1990s | 918 | |
| 2000s | 1,135 | |
| 2010s | 869 | |
| 2020s | 368 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Lars was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Lars
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Orlandopeak 1987
- Hectorpeak 2005
- Antonypeak 2007
- Roelpeak 2000
- Carlospeak 2001
- Kennonpeak 2004
- Joelpeak 1985
- Claudiopeak 1996
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.