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
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,442since 1913
La over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #2,322 | 55 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #2,014 | 68 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #1,796 | 80 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,945 | 53 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #2,135 | 46 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,532 | 37 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #2,614 | 35 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,024 | 35 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
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| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1990 at #1,796 (80 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 30.0% of all girls named La (432) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 21 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,384 |
| 1920s | 46 | #3,284 (1927) | #4,208 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,404 (1933) | #3,187 |
| 1940s | 47 | #3,208 (1940) | #4,055 |
| 1950s | 30 | #3,955 (1953) | #5,331 |
| 1960s | 153 | #2,024 (1968) | #3,870 |
| 1970s | 250 | #2,450 (1970) | #2,958 |
| 1980s | 304 | #1,945 (1984) | #3,687 |
| 1990s | 432 | #1,796 (1990) | #3,282 |
| 2000s | 82 | #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
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
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).
- #1,781Rana81
- #1,781Shandi81
- #1,781Sydnie81
- #1,796La80
- #1,796Alise80
- #1,796Arika80
- #1,796Carlene80
- #1,813Alexus79
- #1,813Collette79
- #1,813Delisa79
Tied with 16 names at #1,796; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).
- #3,779Yasin15
- #3,779Yuta15
- #3,779Zakkery15
- #3,971La14
- #3,971Abiel14
- #3,971Akram14
- #3,971Alante14
- #4,167Aarin13
- #4,167Aaryn13
- #4,167Abdulaziz13
Tied with 195 names at #3,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.