Lala

Where Lala comes from

Lala hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #930 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1900
    Peak, #725
    25 babies named Lala — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,067.
  4. 1970
    Lala Sloatman born
    American model, actress, costumer
  5. 1996
    Lala Yusifova born
    Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Lala Sloatman · American model, actress, costumer, born 1970
  • Lala Yusifova · Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast, born 1996
  • Lala Wane · Franco-Senegalese basketball player, born 1989
  • Lala Mammadova · Azerbaijani singer and actress, born 1978
  • Lala &ce · French rapper and singer, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.