Lala
Lala was the 8635th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1900, when it ranked 738th; the most babies were born in 1921 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,812 places. More babies were named Lala in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,635 girls, up 7,829 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192139 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,778babies recorded
Lala popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,635 | 12 |
| 2020 | #16,464 | 5 |
| 2010 | #10,870 | 10 |
| 2000 | #12,538 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #8,623 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #4,972 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,720 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,930 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,782 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,569 | 28 |
| 1910 | #1,382 | 12 |
| 1900 | #738 | 25 |
| 1890 | #1,152 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Lala, counting every spelling?
Lala is the most common spelling of a name family that had 17 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 17 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lala | 12 | #8,635 | 57 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lala?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lala (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lala born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lala.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lala?
About 600 people born in the US named Lala are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 15 and 74. That makes Lala mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lala: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lala, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lala
How popular is the name Lala?
Lala was the 8635th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1900, when it ranked 738th; the most babies were born in 1921 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,812 places. More babies were named Lala in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Lala a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lala in the US.