Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lalita

#8,299 most common girls' name of all time · #13,860 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1947–2023

Rank among girls
#8,299
Rank overall
#13,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
782
Since 2016
48
Peak year
1979 #2,761
Best rank
#2,761 1979
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
1960198020002020

Lalita first appears in 1947. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 6 6 #13,705
2022 5 5 #15,622
2021 10 10 #9,709
2020 6 6 #13,684
2019 8 8 #11,533
2018 5 5 #16,001
2017 8 8 #11,777
2015 9 9 #11,019
2014 7 7 #13,263
2013 8 8 #12,142
2012 7 7 #13,670
2011 11 11 #9,832
2010 10 10 #10,577
2009 12 12 #9,471
2008 9 9 #11,733
2007 12 12 #9,630
2006 10 10 #10,730
2005 5 5 #16,797
2003 8 8 #11,494
2001 10 10 #9,474
2000 6 6 #13,448
1999 7 7 #11,575
1998 10 10 #8,716
1996 5 5 #13,896
1995 5 5 #13,746
1994 7 7 #10,836
1993 11 11 #7,644
1992 7 7 #10,704
1991 12 12 #7,097
1990 14 14 #6,228
1989 18 18 #4,910
1988 19 19 #4,549
1987 13 13 #5,719
1986 11 11 #6,314
1985 13 13 #5,462
1984 15 15 #4,829
1983 15 15 #4,768
1982 29 29 #3,056
1981 27 27 #3,191
1980 27 27 #3,165
1979 32 32 #2,761
1978 8 8 #7,182
1977 17 17 #4,131
1976 18 18 #3,742
1975 16 16 #4,040
1974 14 14 #4,323
1973 21 21 #3,188
1972 17 17 #3,649
1971 22 22 #3,121
1970 17 17 #3,652
1969 15 15 #3,712
1968 14 14 #3,713
1967 13 13 #3,778
1966 10 10 #4,379
1965 9 9 #4,681
1964 7 7 #5,777
1963 11 11 #4,179
1962 10 10 #4,446
1961 7 7 #5,641
1960 7 7 #5,503
1959 6 6 #5,993
1958 10 10 #4,133
1957 5 5 #6,662
1956 6 6 #5,758
1955 8 8 #4,665
1953 8 8 #4,528
1951 5 5 #6,012
1949 5 5 #5,915
1947 7 7 #4,751