# Lara (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lara/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɑː.ɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 30,202 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 34 / 30,168 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,880, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Russian Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 278 | 930 |
| 2012 | 313 | 855 |
| 2013 | 295 | 876 |
| 2014 | 337 | 821 |
| 2015 | 345 | 813 |
| 2016 | 378 | 756 |
| 2017 | 365 | 762 |
| 2018 | 359 | 761 |
| 2019 | 413 | 702 |
| 2020 | 396 | 710 |
| 2021 | 427 | 681 |
| 2022 | 424 | 695 |
| 2023 | 384 | 731 |
| 2024 | 380 | 741 |
| 2025 | 409 | 693 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 5 | 4,510 |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,790 |
| 1969 | 6 | 4,197 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,128 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,915 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,707 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 494 | 119 |
| 2012 | 501 | 115 |
| 2013 | 503 | 108 |
| 2014 | 484 | 115 |
| 2015 | 462 | 125 |
| 2016 | 484 | 118 |
| 2017 | 446 | 126 |
| 2018 | 474 | 110 |
| 2019 | 540 | 97 |
| 2020 | 505 | 101 |
| 2021 | 539 | 98 |
| 2022 | 559 | 85 |
| 2023 | 525 | 92 |
| 2024 | 474 | 98 |
| 2025 | 465 | 98 |

## In other languages

- French: Lara
- German: Lara
- Italian: Lara
- Portuguese: Lara
- Russian: Ла́ра
- Ukrainian: Лара

## People named Lara

- Lara Fabian, Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter
- Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress (born 1970)
- Lara Stone, Dutch model
- Lara Pulver, English actress (born 1980)
- Lara Trump, American television producer and campaign adviser (born 1982)
- Lara-Isabelle Rentinck, German actress
- Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (1992-2020)
- Lara Parker, American actress
- Lara Raj, American singer (born 2005)
- Lara Robinson, Australian actress
- Lara Wendel, German actress
- Lara Kipp, Austrian luger

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.