Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lars” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lars” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lars” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lars” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lars” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lars” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lars” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lars” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 -100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 -100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 27 0.000012672 27 -100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 -100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 -100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 -100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 -100%
1944 21 0.000007806 21 -100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 -100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 34 0.000009848 34 -100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 -100%
1950 34 0.000009705 34 -100%
1951 29 0.000007872 29 -100%
1952 40 0.000010532 40 -100%
1953 36 0.000009342 36 -100%
1954 44 0.000011053 44 -100%
1955 41 0.000010212 41 -100%
1956 54 0.000013097 54 -100%
1957 54 0.000012851 54 -100%
1958 74 0.000017901 74 -100%
1959 94 0.000022607 94 -100%
1960 61 0.000014685 61 -100%
1961 110 0.000026555 110 -100%
1962 95 0.000023542 95 -100%
1963 79 0.000019959 79 -100%
1964 90 0.000023151 90 -100%
1965 82 0.000022618 82 -100%
1966 82 0.000023593 82 -100%
1967 96 0.000028278 96 -100%
1968 88 0.000026048 88 -100%
1969 93 0.00002676 93 -100%
1970 104 0.000028837 104 -100%
1971 89 0.00002593 89 -100%
1972 87 0.000027681 87 -100%
1973 76 0.000025192 76 -100%
1974 79 0.000025987 79 -100%
1975 75 0.000024839 75 -100%
1976 78 0.000025706 78 -100%
1977 68 0.000021407 68 -100%
1978 65 0.00002048 65 -100%
1979 105 0.00003156 105 -100%
1980 99 0.000028741 99 -100%
1981 77 0.000022258 77 -100%
1982 82 0.000023375 82 -100%
1983 100 0.000028874 100 -100%
1984 81 0.000023217 81 -100%
1985 70 0.000019613 70 -100%
1986 75 0.000021085 75 -100%
1987 68 0.000018859 68 -100%
1988 84 0.000022733 84 -100%
1989 80 0.000020809 80 -100%
1990 84 0.000021252 84 -100%
1991 74 0.000018997 74 -100%
1992 88 0.000022909 88 -100%
1993 88 0.00002334 88 -100%
1994 89 0.00002394 89 -100%
1995 91 0.000024849 91 -100%
1996 97 0.000026596 97 -100%
1997 95 0.000026201 95 -100%
1998 109 0.000029634 109 -100%
1999 103 0.000027884 103 -100%
2000 127 0.000033599 127 -100%
2001 114 0.000030454 114 -100%
2002 127 0.000033973 127 -100%
2003 117 0.000030771 117 -100%
2004 111 0.000029051 111 -100%
2005 116 0.00003017 116 -100%
2006 101 0.00002553 101 -100%
2007 125 0.000031268 125 -100%
2008 102 0.00002595 102 -100%
2009 95 0.000024868 95 -100%
2010 89 0.000024082 89 -100%
2011 74 0.000020231 74 -100%
2012 84 0.000022967 84 -100%
2013 95 0.000026058 95 -100%
2014 83 0.000022394 83 -100%
2015 91 0.000024589 91 -100%
2016 109 0.000029711 109 -100%
2017 88 0.000024607 88 -100%
2018 87 0.000024745 87 -100%
2019 69 0.000019879 69 -100%
2020 83 0.000024846 83 -100%
2021 59 0.000017415 59 -100%
2022 95 0.00002808 95 -100%
2023 67 0.000020234 67 -100%
2024 64 0.000019228 64 -100%

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