Lalita
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 32 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 782since 1947
Lalita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lalita has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five girls were named Lalita! It came in at #4,345, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1952, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lalita is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lalita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lalita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1979 at #2,724 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 4 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 50,165
- Highest: 1 in 50,165 girls born in 1979 were named Lalita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 23.9% of all girls named Lalita (187) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 12 | #4,345 (1947) | #4,795 |
| 1950s | 48 | #3,925 (1958) | #4,988 |
| 1960s | 103 | #3,610 (1968) | #4,381 |
| 1970s | 182 | #2,724 (1979) | #3,890 |
| 1980s | 187 | #3,017 (1982) | #4,518 |
| 1990s | 78 | #6,131 (1990) | #9,836 |
| 2000s | 72 | #9,351 (2001) | #11,428 |
| 2010s | 73 | #9,723 (2011) | #12,024 |
| 2020s | 27 | #9,562 (2021) | #12,946 |
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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