Unisex name · since 2010
Lal
18 babies named Lal in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,780 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
18 boys have been named Lal since 2010, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Lal recorded 18 times among boys since 2010, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys 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 2010 to 2013.
- #29,780 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lal ranks #29,780 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,780 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lal's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lal's full recorded timeline at 2012, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lal popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2013
- Peak year (2012)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Lal popularity over time - girls
15 total births recorded since 2013 (Lal as girls' name)
Lal by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Lal's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~3 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, 2010–2013 (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 Lal 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.