Lalena — girls' name
291 babies named Lalena in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Lalena was born in this single decade.
49 babies were named Lalena in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lalena
The Social Security Administration has registered 291 babies named Lalena between 1968 and 2010, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lalena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 49 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lalena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lalena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lalena in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lalena 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 291 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.
Lalena at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lalena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1968
- Peak year (1970)
- 49
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
291 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 49 births in a single year.
Lalena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 217 births that decade — 75% of Lalena's all-time total
Lalena decade highlights
- Peak decade 217 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lalena's strongest decade
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Lalena by state
Where Lalena concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 8.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 16 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 2.1% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.7% |
26 of 291 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.9% of nationwide
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.