Lara — #740 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lara

The Social Security Administration has registered 29,755 babies named Lara between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lara currently holds the #740 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 1,354 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lara performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 7,612 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,765 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lara in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 29,755 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.