Feminine dossier · first seen 1887

Lara

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lara
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1969

Peak rank proxy

1,354

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1887Peak 19692024

Peak year

1969

Decline from peak

72%

2024

379

All-time

29,755

Lara has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1969, when 1,354 girls were named Lara.

In 2024, only 379 girls were given the name.

Down 72% from its peak.

All told, about 29,755 Americans have been named Lara and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1887.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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