La
La is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199080 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1913
- 1,756people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,442 girls have been named La in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 80 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 80 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1990s alone account for 30%.
La is used for both sexes: 18% of its bearers are boys (314), most of them born around 1992.
By decade
In 1990, its biggest year
La was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with La
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sharmainepeak 1992
- Rebeccahpeak 1991
- Beatrispeak 1990
- Dandreapeak 1990
- Marikapeak 1993
- Corinapeak 1992
- Sharicepeak 1992
- Kerrinpeak 1992
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.