La
The Story of La
As a girl name
La first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1913, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1990: 80 births, good for #1,796 nationwide. About 30% of every La on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. La last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
La first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1926, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 23 births, good for #2,909 nationwide. About 43% of every La on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. La last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 314 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name La
La is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. La's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #1,796. Use the chart and map above to compare La's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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