How Many People Are Named Lars?
people named Lars are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 56,784 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,035 babies named Lars in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
128 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lars in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Lars alive today is about 34 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 51 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Lars first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 2000, to 128 babies. In 2025, 83 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Lars has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #736, in 1961. In 2025 it ranked #1,897.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,897 |
| Best rank | #736 (1961) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,319 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Lars alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lars were born in California than in any other state: about 853 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lars was given 6.3 times as often in Minnesota, 5.6 times in Washington and 2.7 times in California.
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