Lars

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lars: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lars: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #2 in 1976, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
110times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#2highest recorded position
30groupings it qualifies for
31names it appears alongside

What stands out in Lars's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 81 years running. Names by top-100 run
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 28 years. Names by sustained share
Appears alongside 31 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2022
1998	#1110
1999	#1505
2000	#1889
2001	#1595
2002	#1799
2003	#1513
2004	#1732
2005	#1617
2006	#1469
2007	#1306
2008	#2276
2009	#1425
2010	#1911
2011	#1522
2012	#2117
2013	#1706
2014	#1421
2015	#1236
2016	#1363
2017	#1627
2018	#1683
2019	#1316
2020	#1723
2021	#1391
2022	#1609
2023	#2160
2024	#1859

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #85 among boys in Norway, #1859 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #24 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #2 among boys in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #90 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Lars appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 30,384 births with the name.

Lars across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lars's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#24 (1945)	#2 (1976)	#90 (2025)	81 of 81	30,384 (1945–2025)	675 (1971)
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1110 (1998)	#1859 (2024)	29 of 29	360 (1996–2024)	21 (2015)

Lars by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lars in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	1,643	5 of 10	329
1950s	3,623	10 of 10	362
1960s	5,654	10 of 10	565
1970sbusiest	6,025	10 of 10	603
1980s	5,307	10 of 10	531
1990s	4,191	10 of 10	419
2000s	2,311	10 of 10	231
2010s	1,195	10 of 10	120
2020s	435	6 of 10	73

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 603 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1958 and 1959, when recorded births rose by 97, from 380 to 477.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Lars appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2 in Norway in 1982.

Lars's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1391	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1425	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#90	72	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#85	80	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#91	75	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#95	68	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#94	68	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#83	72	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#92	75	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#84	93	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#75	104	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#84	100	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#73	117	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#70	118	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#69	127	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#56	151	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#53	155	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#51	155	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#54	157	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#40	182	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#37	198	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#38	192	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#32	215	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#30	227	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#26	250	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#25	259	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#23	301	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#20	330	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#22	326	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#20	331	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#15	391	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#11	448	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#15	410	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#14	414	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#14	425	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#10	459	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#10	498	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#10	489	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#10	507	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#8	495	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#6	506	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#3	542	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#4	533	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#4	514	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#3	524	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#2	544	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#2	576	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#2	566	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#2	548	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#2	596	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#2	596	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#2	576	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#3	627	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#5	597	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#6	588	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#7	584	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#5	675	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#5	638	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#8	638	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#8	610	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#10	595	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#9	623	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#11	588	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#11	572	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#11	541	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#12	515	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#17	472	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#14	500	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#16	477	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#20	380	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#21	373	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#24	350	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#22	369	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#23	338	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#23	341	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#24	345	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#22	328	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#22	322	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#25	303	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#26	305	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#24	372	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#24	351	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#24	312	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2, first reached in 1976.

It held a top-100 place in 81 years, 81 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 675 births, registered in Norway in 1971.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Larosa · #718, 12y
Larry · #69, 38y
Lars-Erik · #223, 44y
Larson · #415, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hilde · #2, 76y
Rune · #2, 78y
Anders · #3, 81y
Morten · #3, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Andrew · #2, 79y
Bente · #2, 62y
Bjørn · #2, 81y
Camilla · #2, 70y

Comparisons involving Lars

Existing comparison pages where Lars and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Lars in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Lars vs Arild
In 1945 they stood at #24 and #32 in Norway · Boys, 8 places apart; by 2025 they were #90 and #489.
Lars · Arild · 75 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Lars vs Rolf
In 1945 they stood at #24 and #15 in Norway · Boys, 9 places apart; by 2025 they were #90 and #437.
Lars · Rolf · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Lars vs Anders
Lars and Anders were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #90 and #293.
Lars · Anders · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Lars within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Lars vs Ole
Across 81 shared years in Norway · Boys, Lars and Ole averaged 9.1 places apart, ending at #90 and #52.
Lars · Ole · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Lars and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jan vs Lars
In 1976, Lars moved ahead of Jan in Norway · Boys — #2 and #3 the year before became #3 and #2.
Jan · Lars · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1976 Norway ranking
Lars vs Sander
In 1998, Sander moved ahead of Lars in Norway · Boys — #15 and #23 the year before became #20 and #3.
Lars · Sander · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Norway ranking
Daniel vs Lars
In 1987, Daniel moved ahead of Lars in Norway · Boys — #9 and #3 the year before became #4 and #6.
Daniel · Lars · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1987 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Lars measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Lars at its highest position.

Andreas vs Lars
Andreas and Lars were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #90.
Andreas · Lars · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Lars vs Arne
Lars and Arne were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #90 and #222.
Lars · Arne · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Lars vs Bjørn
Lars and Bjørn were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #90 and #56.
Lars · Bjørn · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Lars was ranked #2 in Norway · Boys in 1976. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lars and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lars without appearing here.

Lars moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1425 and #3227.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Lars

Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1306 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #1294.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #848.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #906.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Lars

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lars went from #24 to #90 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lars went from #24 to #90 while Alfred went from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lars went from #24 to #90 while Arthur went from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lars went from #24 to #90 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.

Moved the same way as Lars

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lars went from #24 to #90 and Anders from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lars went from #24 to #90 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lars went from #24 to #90 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lars went from #24 to #90 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2 in Norway in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lars

Lars at a glance

What stands out in Lars's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lars across 2 official records

Lars by decade in Norway · Boys

Lars appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Lars

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Lars

Lars and the names beside it

Lars moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lars

Moved the opposite way to Lars

Moved the same way as Lars

Lars at a glance

What stands out in Lars's record

Lars across 2 official records

Lars by decade in Norway · Boys

Lars appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Lars

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Lars

Lars and the names beside it

Lars moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lars

Moved the opposite way to Lars

Moved the same way as Lars