La
La was last recorded in 2022, when 8 babies were given it; 1,756 Americans have been recorded with it between 1913 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,520 Americans named La and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 40 years old and half are between 33 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of La by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is La?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,635, in 2007; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
94 babies in 1990, the peak
La peaked in 1990, when 94 babies were given it (80 girls, #1,801 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | under 5 | 8 | #9,486 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 5 | #13,314 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 5 | #13,492 | |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,635 | 5 | #13,540 |
| 2006 | 13 | #9,026 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,406 | 5 | #12,536 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,248 | 6 | #10,774 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,202 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,604 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,545 | 8 | #7,991 |
Every recorded year (84)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19 | #5,827 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,149 | 14 | #4,911 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,722 | 7 | #8,073 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,450 | 8 | #6,983 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,186 | 10 | #5,787 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,626 | 13 | #4,675 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,773 | 10 | #5,709 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,332 | 19 | #3,441 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,203 | 23 | #2,953 |
| 1991 | 68 | #2,022 | 16 | #3,741 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,801 | 14 | #4,095 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,734 | 11 | #4,680 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,805 | 5 | #7,974 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,137 | 5 | #7,623 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,957 | 8 | #5,125 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,045 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,947 | 6 | #6,012 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,142 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,553 | 6 | #6,060 |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,631 | 10 | #4,014 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,774 | 8 | #4,750 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,963 | 9 | #4,246 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,440 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,687 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,351 | 7 | #4,702 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,708 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,581 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,172 | 7 | #4,314 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,638 | 5 | #5,406 |
| 1971 | 23 | #3,008 | 7 | #4,186 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,477 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,148 | 6 | #4,191 |
| 1968 | 35 | #2,040 | 5 | #4,461 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,193 | 7 | #3,416 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,652 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,839 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,798 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,709 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,091 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,067 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,585 | 7 | #3,509 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 8 | #3,158 | |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,579 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,432 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,187 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,086 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,213 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,971 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,872 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,710 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,020 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,933 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,196 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,363 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,028 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,312 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,980 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,648 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,314 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,474 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,751 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,678 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,950 | under 5 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 5 | #4,295 | |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,453 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,425 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,079 | 6 | #3,977 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,695 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,480 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,803 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,363 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,633 | under 5 | |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,671 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,435 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is La a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,756 Americans recorded as La, 82% are girls and 18% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named La: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named La, and how old are they?
1,520 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 1,756 Americans ever recorded as La. The median La alive today is 40 years old; half are between 33 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 2,127 people named La (1,318 women and girls, 809 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,560 born in the U.S. The Census count is 36% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 29 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 86 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 407 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 771 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 212 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 13 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named La born?
The states with the most babies named La are Texas, California and Pennsylvania, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 116 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 103 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 89 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 75 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| South Carolina | 51 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Arkansas | 35 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Arizona | 28 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Wisconsin | 28 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 14 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Colorado | 11 | not ranked | 0.5× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of La with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 7,022 babies since 1880, La is the third most given (25% of them). In 2025 none of their 234 babies recorded by SSA was a La (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as La
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about La and names like it
- Compare La and LayaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sLa peaked in 1990.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named La since 1910.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named La.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named La alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with LMost given first.