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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| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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| 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.
Where La is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#605 · 1 in 5,682
- California#1,136 · 1 in 12,038
- Texas#1,810 · 1 in 26,085
Best ever in a state: #332 in Arkansas, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #605 | 6 | 1 in 5,682 |
| California | #1,136 | 16 | 1 in 12,038 |
| Texas | #1,810 | 5 | 1 in 26,085 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| Louisiana | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 31,770 of them was named La, which outranked 84.0% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,922Tristen54
- #1,922Willie54
- #1,922Wilma54
- #1,945La53
- #1,945Baby53
- #1,945Cathrine53
- #1,945Johnnie53
- #1,961Alix52
- #1,961Alyce52
- #1,961Anjuli52
Tied with 15 names at #1,945; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 300,808 of them was named La, which outranked 24.2% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).