Lalita
Lalita is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Thai.
- Hinduism
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Thai
Meaning & Origin of Lalita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lalita is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Thai.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hinduism
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Thai
The Story of Lalita
The earliest SSA record of Lalita as a baby girl name dates back to 1947, when 7 babies received it. 1979 was its biggest year on record, with 32 newborns named Lalita — #2,723 in the national rankings. About 24% of every Lalita on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Lalita last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 781 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Lalita
Lalita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 781 births in the dataset. Lalita's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #2,723. Use the chart and map above to compare Lalita'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.