# Lars (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lars/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,035 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,035 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 372, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from North Germanic, from Latin Laurentius.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 1,896 |
| 2012 | 84 | 1,779 |
| 2013 | 95 | 1,620 |
| 2014 | 83 | 1,809 |
| 2015 | 91 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 109 | 1,538 |
| 2017 | 88 | 1,759 |
| 2018 | 87 | 1,772 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2,102 |
| 2020 | 83 | 1,806 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,343 |
| 2022 | 95 | 1,757 |
| 2023 | 67 | 2,164 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2,181 |
| 2025 | 83 | 1,897 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Lars

- Lars von Trier, Danish film director and screenwriter (born 1956)
- Lars Ulrich, Danish musician
- Lars Onsager, American physical chemist and theoretical physicist (1903-1976)
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen, 25th Prime Minister of Denmark
- Lars Bender, German footballer (born 1989)
- Lars Peter Hansen, American economist
- Lars Ahlfors, Finnish mathematician (1907-1996)
- Lars Stindl, German association football player (born 1988)
- Lars Jacobsen, Danish footballer
- Lars Korvald, 27th Prime Minister of Norway
- Lars Saabye Christensen, Danish and Norwegian author writing in Norwegian
- Lars Olsen, Danish association football player

## 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.