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Lara
Pronounced /ˈlɑː.ɹə/
Rank in 2024
#740
Born in 2024
379
Peak year
1969 · #222
Origin
Russian
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 379 girls were named Lara, about 1 in every 4,256.
- It peaked in 1969 with 1,354 babies, ranked #222.
- It first shows up in the records in 1887.
- 29,755 girls have been named Lara since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lara per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 306 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 232 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 600 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 12,086 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,099 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,889 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,501 babies, 0.22 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicized from Russian Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.
- A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
- Origin
- Russian
- Say it
- /ˈlɑː.ɹə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lara, CC BY-SA 4.0.