Lars
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LARZ
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,886 for boys
Lars is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Laurentum”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 1,886th for boys in the US (83 babies).
What does Lars mean?
Latin: Scandinavian form of Laurence
“from Laurentum”
The Scandinavian form of Laurence, from the Roman Laurentius, a man from the town of Laurentum.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lars a girl's or a boy's name?
Lars is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 83 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lars in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Lars, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lars in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Lars in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,261 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Lars in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,886among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 83about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were named Lars, making it the 1,886th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,798th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 128 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Lars in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lars in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #1,886 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,169 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 95 | #1,750 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,798 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 87 | #1,762 |
| 2017 | 88 | #1,746 |
| 2016 | 109 | #1,532 |
| 2015 | 91 | #1,703 |
| 2014 | 83 | #1,794 |
| 2013 | 95 | #1,612 |
| 2012 | 84 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 74 | #1,885 |
| 2010 | 89 | #1,713 |
| 2009 | 95 | #1,653 |
| 2008 | 102 | #1,565 |
| 2007 | 125 | #1,341 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,501 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,306 |
| 2004 | 111 | #1,326 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,232 |
| 2002 | 127 | #1,126 |
| 2001 | 114 | #1,189 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,094 |
| 1999 | 103 | #1,222 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,224 |
| 1996 | 97 | #1,178 |
| 1995 | 91 | #1,208 |
| 1994 | 89 | #1,214 |
| 1993 | 88 | #1,192 |
| 1992 | 88 | #1,183 |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,302 |
| 1990 | 84 | #1,183 |
| 1989 | 80 | #1,193 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,081 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,160 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,074 |
| 1985 | 69 | #1,115 |
| 1984 | 81 | #986 |
| 1983 | 100 | #878 |
| 1982 | 82 | #995 |
| 1981 | 77 | #1,037 |
| 1980 | 99 | #901 |
| 1979 | 105 | #842 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,087 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,047 |
| 1976 | 79 | #939 |
| 1975 | 75 | #945 |
| 1974 | 79 | #914 |
| 1973 | 76 | #925 |
| 1972 | 87 | #859 |
| 1971 | 89 | #864 |
| 1970 | 104 | #798 |
| 1969 | 93 | #799 |
| 1968 | 88 | #788 |
| 1967 | 96 | #754 |
| 1966 | 82 | #805 |
| 1965 | 82 | #815 |
| 1964 | 90 | #792 |
| 1963 | 79 | #851 |
| 1962 | 95 | #778 |
| 1961 | 110 | #734 |
| 1960 | 61 | #972 |
| 1959 | 94 | #790 |
| 1958 | 74 | #876 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,028 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,018 |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,166 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,121 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,244 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,165 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,231 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,433 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,532 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,437 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,544 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lars: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lars, updated 20 October 2026.