The name Lara is of Russian origin, and is a diminutive form of Larisa.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lara has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lara
Use of the Name Lara for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
21,548
21,548
10,121
3,005
1,698
704
356
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lara has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lara first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1966, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lara
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1966
618
236
1967
277
944
1968
227
1,294
1969
223
1,352
1970
235
1,331
1971
273
1,052
1972
297
830
1973
334
659
1974
359
600
1975
344
637
1976
294
774
1977
342
660
1978
377
559
1979
421
499
1980
394
575
1981
388
583
1982
370
626
1983
425
507
1984
422
505
1985
449
485
1986
412
535
1987
414
537
1988
418
556
1989
493
476
1990
539
441
1991
596
378
1992
641
351
1993
756
274
1994
727
287
1995
774
259
1996
777
270
1997
847
242
1998
823
258
1999
787
278
2000
849
259
2001
723
336
2002
635
399
2003
730
348
2004
734
356
Totals:
21,548
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lara as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Lara appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 39 times during the last 125 years.