How Many People Are Named La?
people named La are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 223,974 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,756 babies named La in Social Security records from 1913 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
94 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name La, 81.3% were girls and 18.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 86% of the babies were girls then and 77.4% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named La alive today is about 41 years old, and 75% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
La first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1990, to 94 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
La has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,801, in 1990. Among boys, its best rank was #2,953, in 1992.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,801 (1990) | #2,953 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,841 in the 1990s | #4,508 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named La alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named La were born in Texas than in any other state: about 109 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, La was given 7.5 times as often in South Carolina, 3.5 times in Pennsylvania and 2.5 times in Texas.
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