Girls' name · since 1965
Lale
Since 1965, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Lale, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,186 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,996 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 1965
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lale is the #7996 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 35 recorded since 1965.
Social Security Administration records show Lale recorded 35 times among girls since 1965, holding rank #7996 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #39,186 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,996 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 35 born since 1965
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lale ranks #39,186 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,996 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 35 born since 1965, peaking in the 2020s.
- #39,186 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,996 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 1965
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lale's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lale compares
35 12th percentile among 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
Lale's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lale | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lale's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lale splits its recorded history at 2012: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lale popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Lale by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Lale's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Lale births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13 births (37% of all-time use).
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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, 1965–2025 (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 Lale 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.