Girls' name · since 1969
Lalitha
101 babies named Lalitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,015 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lalitha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 101 have been recorded since 1969.
Lalitha has 101 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2024.
- #27,015 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 101 born since 1969
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lalitha ranks #27,015 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 101 born since 1969, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,015 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lalitha's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lalitha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lalitha's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lalitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2024
- Peak year (2005)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Lalitha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (43 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Lalitha's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Lalitha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 43 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Lalitha's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lalitha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1969–2024 (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 Lalitha 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.