Girls' name · since 1893
Lalah
457 babies named Lalah in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,509 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,001 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 457
- born since 1893
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lalah currently ranks #15001 among girls' names in America, with 457 babies recorded since 1893.
Social Security Administration records show Lalah recorded 457 times among girls since 1893, holding rank #15001 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, 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 1893 to 2025.
- #12,509 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,001 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 457 born since 1893
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lalah ranks #12,509 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,001 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 457 born since 1893, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,509 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,001 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 457
- born since 1893
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lalah's 457 recorded births place it above 82.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lalah compares
457 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lalah's all-time total is 22% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lalah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 457 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lalah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lalah's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1895, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lalah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 133 years of records
Lalah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (138 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Lalah's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Lalah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 12
1890s
12 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s 39
1910s
39 births
- 1920s 49
1920s
49 births
- 1930s 19
1930s
19 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
131 births
- 2010s
2010s
138 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 138 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lalah's data
- Lalah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (138 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lalah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~132 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, 1893–2025 (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 Lalah 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.