How Many People Are Named Lala?

625

people named Lala are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 546,855 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,778 babies named Lala in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#14,358

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#8,174

See the top 100

Peak Year

1921

39 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Bulgarian
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From a South Slavic word meaning "tulip". It is derived via Turkish from Persian لاله (laleh).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Lala in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Lala alive today is about 44 years old, and 44% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 74 in 2025.

Under 30 275
44%
30 to 59 100
16%
60 and over 250
40%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Lala first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1921, to 39 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Lala has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #738, in 1900. In 2025 it ranked #8,633.

Girls
Rank in 2025#8,633
Best rank#738 (1900)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,373 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Lala alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Lala were born in Texas than in any other state: about 7 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lala was given 71.9 times as often in New Mexico, 8.5 times in Texas and 7.1 times in North Carolina.

Texas 7
New Mexico 4

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