Lalia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-lee-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Lalia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “talk, speech”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Lalia mean?
Greek: short form of Eulalia, from Greek lalia 'talk'
“talk, speech”
Short form of Eulalia, 'sweetly speaking', the name of an early Spanish martyr venerated at Mérida.
Is Lalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Lalia 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 Lalia 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 Lalia, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
2025 had more girls named Lalia than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Lalia in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
Nicknames for Lalia
- Lala 12 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Lalia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia Lydia Lucia Aaliyah Alaya Zaniyah Kaliyah Hadassah Amira Alessia Zariah Zahara
Names related to Lalia
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Lalia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lalia, updated 20 October 2026.