How popular is the name Lara?

Lara ranks 728th among girls' names in US records, with 30,316 births since 1887. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,047.

Is Lara a unisex name?

No. Lara is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1969, when 1,354 children were given the name. It has been in use for 138 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#728 of girl names

Pronounced L AA1 R AH0 (ARPABET)

Lara is a girls' name, and first appears in 1887. It has been given to 30,316 children — the 728th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1969, when 1,354 children were given it.

1969Girls: 1,354Boys: 6

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Lara?: Lara ranks 728th among girls' names in US records, with 30,316 births since 1887. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,047.
Is Lara a unisex name?: No. Lara is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Lara most popular?: 1969, when 1,354 children were given the name. It has been in use for 138 years and is still recorded as of 2024.