Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lars

#1,417 most common boys' name of all time · #3,422 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#1,417
Rank overall
#3,422 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
7,035
Since 2016
807
Peak year
2000 #1,098
Best rank
#737 1961
Girls Boys peak 128/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lars first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 83 83 #1,887
2024 67 67 #2,173
2023 67 67 #2,152
2022 95 95 #1,750
2021 59 59 #2,321
2020 83 83 #1,801
2019 69 69 #2,087
2018 87 87 #1,763
2017 88 88 #1,752
2016 109 109 #1,533
2015 91 91 #1,705
2014 83 83 #1,796
2013 95 95 #1,615
2012 84 84 #1,776
2011 74 74 #1,892
2010 89 89 #1,716
2009 95 95 #1,655
2008 102 102 #1,565
2007 125 125 #1,341
2006 101 101 #1,503
2005 116 116 #1,309
2004 111 111 #1,330
2003 117 117 #1,238
2002 127 127 #1,127
2001 114 114 #1,193
2000 128 128 #1,098
1999 103 103 #1,225
1998 109 109 #1,149
1997 95 95 #1,231
1996 97 97 #1,180
1995 91 91 #1,213
1994 89 89 #1,220
1993 88 88 #1,196
1992 88 88 #1,187
1991 74 74 #1,308
1990 84 84 #1,189
1989 80 80 #1,197
1988 84 84 #1,083
1987 68 68 #1,165
1986 75 75 #1,076
1985 69 69 #1,116
1984 81 81 #988
1983 100 100 #878
1982 82 82 #998
1981 77 77 #1,039
1980 99 99 #902
1979 105 105 #844
1978 64 64 #1,092
1977 68 68 #1,049
1976 79 79 #939
1975 75 75 #946
1974 79 79 #915
1973 76 76 #926
1972 87 87 #861
1971 89 89 #864
1970 104 104 #799
1969 93 93 #800
1968 88 88 #789
1967 96 96 #754
1966 82 82 #807
1965 82 82 #816
1964 90 90 #796
1963 79 79 #852
1962 95 95 #784
1961 110 110 #737
1960 61 61 #977
1959 94 94 #791
1958 74 74 #880
1957 54 54 #1,031
1956 54 54 #1,026
1955 41 41 #1,172
1954 44 44 #1,128
1953 36 36 #1,252
1952 40 40 #1,171
1951 29 29 #1,387
1950 34 34 #1,244
1949 29 29 #1,357
1948 34 34 #1,240
1947 15 15 #2,000
1946 16 16 #1,836
1945 20 20 #1,513
1944 21 21 #1,497
1943 18 18 #1,723
1942 25 25 #1,395
1941 15 15 #1,851
1940 22 22 #1,449
1939 19 19 #1,544
1938 15 15 #1,845
1937 27 27 #1,295
1936 16 16 #1,747
1935 15 15 #1,862
1934 12 12 #2,152
1933 14 14 #1,933
1932 10 10 #2,510
1931 12 12 #2,237
1930 13 13 #2,209
1929 14 14 #2,125
1928 15 15 #2,077
1927 14 14 #2,219
1926 14 14 #2,216
1925 11 11 #2,616
1924 9 9 #3,047
1923 17 17 #1,961
1922 10 10 #2,834
1921 21 21 #1,724
1920 14 14 #2,254
1919 8 8 #3,148
1918 12 12 #2,417
1917 24 24 #1,456
1916 10 10 #2,574
1915 17 17 #1,725
1914 16 16 #1,569
1913 6 6 #2,551
1912 6 6 #2,322
1901 8 8 #838
1897 5 5 #1,156
1887 5 5 #1,026
1886 5 5 #1,055
1884 5 5 #1,069
1883 7 7 #795