Lala
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 1900 · 25 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,778since 1884
Lala over time
Rank among girls' names. Lala has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 |
| 1927 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 |
| 1924 | #1,279 | 39 |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 |
| 1921 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,261 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1915 | #1,115 | 37 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 |
| 1912 | #960 | 28 |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #725 | 25 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 |
| 1895 | #770 | 17 |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Lala! It came in at #930, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lala is popular in 1886
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Lala
- 768 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #8,362)
- 6,726 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #8,362)
- 2,504 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 374 spots in 1900 (#1,099 → #725)
- Biggest drop: 342 spots in 1901 (#725 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1900 at #725 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1894–1897
- Highest: 1 in 11,991 girls born in 1900 were named Lala (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.8% of all girls named Lala (335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #778 (1886) | #921 |
| 1890s | 119 | #744 (1894) | #941 |
| 1900s | 138 | #725 (1900) | #1,048 |
| 1910s | 278 | #960 (1912) | #1,200 |
| 1920s | 335 | #1,237 (1921) | #1,380 |
| 1930s | 194 | #1,421 (1931) | #1,872 |
| 1940s | 148 | #1,810 (1941) | #2,484 |
| 1950s | 96 | #2,236 (1953) | #3,520 |
| 1960s | 68 | #4,489 (1968) | #5,197 |
| 1970s | 36 | #5,601 (1976) | #7,208 |
| 1980s | 39 | #8,128 (1981) | #8,999 |
| 1990s | 21 | #8,805 (1999) | #11,568 |
| 2000s | 94 | #7,500 (2005) | #11,243 |
| 2010s | 106 | #8,135 (2013) | #9,920 |
| 2020s | 62 | #7,594 (2024) | #9,899 |
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.
Lala in 1886
Top girls' names in 1886
More about 1886
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144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 16,059 of them was named Lala, which outranked 39.3% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).