La

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #15,491 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #8,990
Given to girls 82.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1990 · 80 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,442
since 1913

La over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #1,796, 1990peak #2,909, 1992girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#8,9908
2021
2020
2019
2018#12,1565
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011#12,2875
2010
2009
2008
2007#15,4916#12,3675
2006#8,71513
2005#10,9219#11,4725
2004#11,6248#9,9486
2003#12,4087
2002#13,5956
2001#7,31714#7,5368
2000#5,70519
1999#4,08828#4,76214
1998#4,63623#7,5607
1997#4,37024#6,6188
1996#5,06519#5,53510
1995#3,58530#4,50813
1994#2,75244#5,45210
1993#2,32255#3,36819
1992#2,19161#2,90923
1991#2,01468#3,63616
1990#1,79680#3,97114
1989#2,71441#4,52711
1988#8,3918#7,2705
1987#5,92312#6,9515
1986#3,89021#4,8538
1985#3,00830
1984#1,94553#5,5616
1983#2,13546
1982#2,53237#5,6196
1981#2,61435#3,85810
1980#3,71921#4,4958
1979#2,93129#4,0689
1978#3,38822
1977#3,61220
1976#3,28721#4,4187
1975#2,68028
1974#2,55629
1973#3,12221#4,0547
1972#2,59827#4,9865
1971#2,95523#3,9637
1970#2,45030
1969#3,10219#3,9356
1968#2,02435#4,1365
1967#2,16730#3,2317
1966#3,55813
1965#3,73312
1964#4,6369
1963#4,5399
1962#4,8658
1961#6,5675
1960#3,51213#3,3377
1959#3,0378
1958
1957#6,0865
1956#5,9525
1955
1954#5,7535
1953#3,9559
1952#4,9086
1951
1950
1949#4,6736
1948
1947#3,7069
1946#4,4176
1945
1944
1943#4,6915
1942#3,7387
1941#3,9546
1940#3,2088
1939#2,9229
1938#3,1818
1937
1936#2,8579
1935#2,57511
1934#3,1598
1933#2,40412
1932#4,4115
1931#4,3315
1930#2,84510
1929#3,9595
1928#4,1956
1927#3,2849
1926#3,8737#3,7086
1925#4,4266
1924#5,0615
1923#3,6418
1922
1921
1920#4,9755
1919#3,4528
1918#3,5128
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913#3,1875
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named La! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about La
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · girls
77 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1990 at #1,796 (80 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,732
  • Highest: 1 in 23,732 girls born in 1990 were named La (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,436 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 30.0% of all girls named La (432) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
  • Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s21#3,187 (1913)#3,384
1920s46#3,284 (1927)#4,208
1930s77#2,404 (1933)#3,187
1940s47#3,208 (1940)#4,055
1950s30#3,955 (1953)#5,331
1960s153#2,024 (1968)#3,870
1970s250#2,450 (1970)#2,958
1980s304#1,945 (1984)#3,687
1990s432#1,796 (1990)#3,282
2000s82#5,705 (2000)#10,722

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

La in 1990

girls
#1,796
80 births · 1 in 23,732 girls
boys
#3,971
14 births · 1 in 146,717 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,796La80

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #3,971La14
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 23,732 of them was named La, which outranked 88.2% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside La
  1. #1,781Rana81
  2. #1,781Shandi81
  3. #1,781Sydnie81
  4. #1,796La80
  5. #1,796Alise80
  6. #1,796Arika80
  7. #1,796Carlene80
  8. #1,813Alexus79
  9. #1,813Collette79
  10. #1,813Delisa79

Tied with 16 names at #1,796; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 146,717 of them was named La, which outranked 58.2% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside La
  1. #3,779Yasin15
  2. #3,779Yuta15
  3. #3,779Zakkery15
  4. #3,971La14
  5. #3,971Abiel14
  6. #3,971Akram14
  7. #3,971Alante14
  8. #4,167Aarin13
  9. #4,167Aaryn13
  10. #4,167Abdulaziz13

Tied with 195 names at #3,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990