Lala Girl
How popular is Lala?
#8,360 girl name in 2025
12 baby girls were named Lala in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
646living people named Lala (est.)
48median age of people named Lala
1,778babies named Lala since 1880
1 in 276,279US babies born in 2025
Lala popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #8,360 for girls (▼ 770 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #10,861 in 2015, #15,083 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (39 girls) |
| Highest rank | #725 in 1900 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lala counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lala family of names ranked #4,252 for girls in 2025 (#4,749 the year before), with 17 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lala | 12 | 71% |
| Lalah | 5 | 29% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Lala by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #778 |
| 1890s | 119 | #744 |
| 1900s | 138 | #725 |
| 1910s | 278 | #960 |
| 1920s | 335 | #1,237 |
| 1930s | 194 | #1,420 |
| 1940s | 148 | #1,810 |
| 1950s | 96 | #2,235 |
| 1960s | 68 | #4,488 |
| 1970s | 36 | #5,599 |
| 1980s | 39 | #8,126 |
| 1990s | 21 | #8,798 |
| 2000s | 94 | #7,495 |
| 2010s | 106 | #8,131 |
| 2020s | 62 | #7,590 |
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Questions
- Is Lala a boy or girl name?
- Lala is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lala were girls.
- How popular is the name Lala?
- 12 baby girls were named Lala in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
- When was Lala most popular?
- Lala peaked in 1921, when 39 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #725 in 1900.
- How many people are named Lala?
- 1,778 babies have been named Lala in the US since 1880. We estimate about 646 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 48.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.