NameTides

Lara

Lara was the #691 girls' name in the US in 2025 (409 babies), and #98 in England & Wales and #160 in Canada.

Lara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Lara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#691 (409)#98 (465)#106 (42)#132 (15)#102 (47)#160 (175)——
2024#741 (380)#98 (474)#131 (34)#110 (18)#142 (33)#124 (213)——
2023#731 (384)#92 (525)#95 (45)#51 (40)#111 (43)#209 (136)#81 (81)—
2022#693 (424)#85 (559)#97 (45)#81 (26)#105 (49)#172 (159)#92 (76)—
2021#681 (427)#98 (539)#96 (45)#97 (24)#85 (66)#179 (162)#67 (104)—
2020#707 (396)#101 (505)#134 (32)#111 (19)#80 (65)#171 (162)#67 (106)#96 (61)
2019#701 (413)#97 (540)#117 (40)#83 (26)#103 (54)#198 (146)#68 (102)#87 (70)
2018#759 (359)#110 (474)#134 (36)#75 (32)#91 (65)#223 (136)#69 (97)#97 (56)
2017#761 (365)#126 (446)#146 (34)#91 (24)#91 (64)#335 (98)#72 (98)#97 (57)
2016#755 (378)#118 (484)#117 (41)#108 (23)#93 (63)#250 (129)#71 (100)—
2015#812 (345)#125 (462)#129 (38)#144 (16)#97 (66)#329 (103)#67 (103)—
2014#821 (337)#115 (484)#112 (43)#86 (27)#98 (66)#280 (118)#71 (103)—
2013#874 (295)#108 (503)#163 (29)#89 (27)#95 (72)#334 (98)#53 (124)#92 (57)
2012#852 (313)#115 (501)#103 (47)#89 (28)#114 (54)#314 (103)#63 (115)#87 (60)
2011#929 (278)#119 (494)#94 (52)#93 (27)#101 (67)#301 (109)#47 (140)#67 (72)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1969 at #222.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1887.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 540common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 430common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 450common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 850common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lara is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #452WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #388NYMassachusetts: #313MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #601CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #520VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #878TXFlorida: #329FL
Lara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6282
Ontario2024#14477

Lara (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LaraCanadaGirls#160175
LaraEngland & WalesGirls#98465
LaraIrelandGirls#10247
LaraNorthern IrelandGirls#13215
LaraNSWGirls—too few
LaraScotlandGirls#10642
LaraUSGirls#691409
LaraUSBoys—too few
LaraVICGirls—too few