La

Girl · recorded 1913–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1990best year

Most popular in 1990.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for La.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1913

0214219131937196019842007

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 79 recorded years as a table
La, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19138
19187
19197
19204
19237
19244
19255
19266
19278
19285
19309
19315
19325
193312
19348
193510
19369
19387
19398
19407
19415
19425
19434
19464
19475
19494
19523
19535
19543
19562
19572
19606
19612
19624
19635
19645
19657
19668
196718
196821
196911
197017
197114
197218
197314
197420
197519
197614
197713
197814
197918
198013
198121
198222
198328
198431
198517
198612
19877
19884
198922
199042
199136
199233
199330
199425
199517
199611
199714
199813
199916
200010
20018
20023
20034
20044
20055
20067
20073

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

La isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
6
Rank in 2007
#15,491
How rare
1 in 320,436 girls
Since 1913
1,442

La was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1990, at 42 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: La doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.