Lars is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2000 and has grown less common since.
Lars is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,897 for boy births in the United States (and #4,032 across all names), given to 83 babies. Lars was first reported in SSA data in 1883 and peaked in 2000 (128 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | 83 | #1,897 |
| 2024 | 67 | 67 | #2,181 |
| 2023 | 67 | 67 | #2,164 |
| 2022 | 95 | 95 | #1,757 |
| 2021 | 59 | 59 | #2,343 |
| 2020 | 83 | 83 | #1,806 |
| 2019 | 69 | 69 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 87 | 87 | #1,772 |
| 2017 | 88 | 88 | #1,759 |
| 2016 | 109 | 109 | #1,538 |
| 2015 | 91 | 91 | #1,711 |
| 2014 | 83 | 83 | #1,809 |
| 2013 | 95 | 95 | #1,620 |
| 2012 | 84 | 84 | #1,779 |
| 2011 | 74 | 74 | #1,896 |
| 2010 | 89 | 89 | #1,722 |
| 2009 | 95 | 95 | #1,660 |
| 2008 | 102 | 102 | #1,569 |
| 2007 | 125 | 125 | #1,348 |
| 2006 | 101 | 101 | #1,506 |
| 2005 | 116 | 116 | #1,312 |
| 2004 | 111 | 111 | #1,332 |
| 2003 | 117 | 117 | #1,243 |
| 2002 | 127 | 127 | #1,129 |
| 2001 | 114 | 114 | #1,197 |
| 2000 | 128 | 128 | #1,103 |
| 1999 | 103 | 103 | #1,225 |
| 1998 | 109 | 109 | #1,156 |
| 1997 | 95 | — | #1,229 |
| 1996 | 97 | — | #1,186 |
| 1995 | 91 | — | #1,217 |
| 1994 | 89 | — | #1,227 |
| 1993 | 88 | — | #1,200 |
| 1992 | 88 | — | #1,192 |
| 1991 | 74 | — | #1,310 |
| 1990 | 84 | — | #1,193 |
| 1989 | 80 | — | #1,201 |
| 1988 | 84 | — | #1,089 |
| 1987 | 68 | — | #1,169 |
| 1986 | 75 | — | #1,083 |
| 1985 | 69 | — | #1,121 |
| 1984 | 81 | — | #991 |
| 1983 | 100 | — | #882 |
| 1982 | 82 | — | #1,003 |
| 1981 | 77 | — | #1,039 |
| 1980 | 99 | — | #903 |
| 1979 | 105 | — | #848 |
| 1978 | 64 | — | #1,096 |
| 1977 | 68 | — | #1,050 |
| 1976 | 79 | — | #940 |
| 1975 | 75 | — | #949 |
| 1974 | 79 | — | #917 |
| 1973 | 76 | — | #927 |
| 1972 | 87 | — | #863 |
| 1971 | 89 | — | #868 |
| 1970 | 104 | — | #799 |
| 1969 | 93 | — | #803 |
| 1968 | 88 | — | #792 |
| 1967 | 96 | — | #754 |
| 1966 | 82 | — | #808 |
| 1965 | 82 | — | #818 |
| 1964 | 90 | — | #794 |
| 1963 | 79 | — | #853 |
| 1962 | 95 | — | #784 |
| 1961 | 110 | — | #737 |
| 1960 | 61 | — | #978 |
| 1959 | 94 | — | #791 |
| 1958 | 74 | — | #882 |
| 1957 | 54 | — | #1,035 |
| 1956 | 54 | — | #1,023 |
| 1955 | 41 | — | #1,176 |
| 1954 | 44 | — | #1,128 |
| 1953 | 36 | — | #1,252 |
| 1952 | 40 | — | #1,175 |
| 1951 | 29 | — | #1,390 |
| 1950 | 34 | — | #1,244 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | #1,367 |
| 1948 | 34 | — | #1,243 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,033 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | #1,856 |
| 1945 | 20 | — | #1,516 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | #1,509 |
| 1943 | 18 | — | #1,739 |
| 1942 | 25 | — | #1,403 |
| 1941 | 15 | — | #1,862 |
| 1940 | 22 | — | #1,453 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | #1,559 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #1,862 |
| 1937 | 27 | — | #1,298 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #1,761 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | #1,880 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,189 |
| 1933 | 14 | — | #1,965 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,550 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,274 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,242 |
| 1929 | 14 | — | #2,150 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | #2,109 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | #2,246 |
| 1926 | 14 | — | #2,258 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,680 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | #3,140 |
| 1923 | 17 | — | #1,985 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | #2,915 |
| 1921 | 21 | — | #1,743 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | #2,289 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,265 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | #2,474 |
| 1917 | 24 | — | #1,464 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | #2,646 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | #1,747 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | #1,582 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | #2,659 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,432 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | #816 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,152 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | #999 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,043 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,055 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | #767 |