Girls' name · peaked in 1969

Lara name popularity since 1925

29,920 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lara. Half of them were born in 1984 or earlier, so the typical Lara is about 42 years old in 2026. Lara peaked in 1969 as the #223 name for girls, and it ranked #693 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 29,920; Named Lara, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1969; #223 for girls that year
Typical age: About 42; Median birth year 1984
In 2025: #693; for girls in 2025 (409 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 29,891 girls · 29 boys
Most popular in: Florida; 1.74× its national share

Peak year is the year Lara made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Lara births per year, 1925–2025

1969 was the biggest year for Lara both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1966 and 1971, Lara became 4.5× more common, from 1 in 7,170 baby girls to 1 in 1,580.
Steepest fall: Between 1988 and 1993, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 3,190 to 1 in 6,550.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lara's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lara.

Decade by decade

Babies named Lara in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	103	0	–
1930s	138	0	#2,155
1940s	121	0	#3,532
1950s	241	0	#2,679
1960s	4,195	12	#1,376
1970s	7,612	5	#344
1980s	5,412	6	#449
1990s	3,047	6	#773
2000s	3,218	0	#811
2010s	3,384	0	#813
2020–25	2,420	0	#693

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

40.5% of babies named Lara from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Lara is most popular

The index compares Lara's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lara.

State	Index	Babies
Florida	1.74×	1,683
New Jersey	1.68×	1,235
Utah	1.56×	355
Colorado	1.54×	508
California	1.35×	3,818

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lara's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lara.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Lara (1969).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data