Lala — #7580 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lala

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,765 babies named Lala between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lala currently holds the #7580 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lala performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Lala in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,765 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.