Girls' name · since 2012
Lah
Lah has 11 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #53,486 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 11 have been recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Lah recorded 11 times among girls since 2012, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2019.
- #53,486 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lah ranks #53,486 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #53,486 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lah's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lah's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2019
- Peak year (2019)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Lah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Lah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.