Lala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAH-la
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Lala is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Lala come from?
Nursery-style pet name found in many languages
Is Lala a girl's or a boy's name?
Lala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Lala, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1921, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Lala in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,305 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,540 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,356 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,296 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,279 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,305 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,366 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,550 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,348 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,333 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,261 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,115 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,199 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,229 |
| 1912 | 28 | #960 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,093 |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,050 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 18 | #818 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 25 | #725 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 16 | #786 |
| 1896 | 17 | #790 |
| 1895 | 17 | #770 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 11 | #908 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 9 | #902 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 9 | #778 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 6 | #930 |
Names like Lala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola Lena Stella Ada Leona Vera Ella Alma Eva Luella Flora Clara
Names related to Lala
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lala, updated 20 October 2026.