La*
#4,869 most common girls' name of all time · #8,261 across all names · 18% male / 82% female · used 1913–2022 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#4,869
Rank overall
#8,261 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
1,756
Since 2016
13
Peak year
1990 #1,799
Best rank
#1,799 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 94/yr
La first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #15,625 |
| 2006 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,760 |
| 2005 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #11,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,718 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,504 |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,711 |
| 2001 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #7,361 |
| 2000 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,728 |
| 1999 | 28 | 14 | 42 | #4,110 |
| 1998 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #4,663 |
| 1997 | 24 | 8 | 32 | #4,394 |
| 1996 | 19 | 10 | 29 | #5,094 |
| 1995 | 30 | 13 | 43 | #3,599 |
| 1994 | 44 | 10 | 54 | #2,762 |
| 1993 | 55 | 19 | 74 | #2,325 |
| 1992 | 61 | 23 | 84 | #2,200 |
| 1991 | 68 | 16 | 84 | #2,017 |
| 1990 | 80 | 14 | 94 | #1,799 |
| 1989 | 41 | 11 | 52 | #2,723 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #8,492 |
| 1987 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #5,986 |
| 1986 | 21 | 8 | 29 | #3,921 |
| 1985 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,028 |
| 1984 | 53 | 6 | 59 | #1,952 |
| 1983 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,140 |
| 1982 | 37 | 6 | 43 | #2,544 |
| 1981 | 35 | 10 | 45 | #2,625 |
| 1980 | 21 | 8 | 29 | #3,752 |
| 1979 | 29 | 9 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 1978 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,412 |
| 1977 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,645 |
| 1976 | 21 | 7 | 28 | #3,319 |
| 1975 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,704 |
| 1974 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,578 |
| 1973 | 21 | 7 | 28 | #3,155 |
| 1972 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #2,621 |
| 1971 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,478 |
| 1969 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #3,134 |
| 1968 | 35 | 5 | 40 | #2,034 |
| 1967 | 30 | 7 | 37 | #2,182 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,612 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,810 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,754 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,648 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,980 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,791 |
| 1960 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #3,581 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,320 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,214 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,984 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,061 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,127 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,888 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,829 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,628 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,949 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,918 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,182 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,378 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,040 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,338 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,014 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,685 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,333 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,503 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,703 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,642 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,993 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1928 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,445 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,469 |
| 1926 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #4,119 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,667 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,378 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,834 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,288 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,682 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,737 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,617 |