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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where La is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named La in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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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
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.
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