Masculine dossier · first seen 1883

Lars

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

127

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1883Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

49.6%

2024

All-time

6,949

Lars 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 2000, when 127 boys were named Lars.

In 2024, only 64 boys were given the name.

Down 49.6% from its peak.

All told, about 6,949 Americans have been named Lars and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1883.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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