La peaked in the US in 1990 at #1,796, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
La as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2016
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#5,785 (3)
2012
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#4,838 (4)
2010
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#3,533 (6)
2009
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#5,556 (3)
2008
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#5,545 (3)
2007
#15,491 (6)
#3,218 (6)
2006
#8,715 (13)
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2005
#10,921 (9)
#2,682 (7)
2004
#11,624 (8)
#4,598 (3)
2003
#12,408 (7)
#3,099 (5)
2002
#13,595 (6)
#3,409 (4)
2001
#7,317 (14)
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2000
#5,705 (19)
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1999
#4,088 (28)
#3,225 (4)
1998
#4,636 (23)
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La as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2022
#8,990 (8)
2018
#12,156 (5)
2011
#12,287 (5)
2007
#12,367 (5)
2005
#11,472 (5)
2004
#9,948 (6)
2001
#7,536 (8)
1999
#4,762 (14)
1998
#7,560 (7)
1997
#6,618 (8)
1996
#5,535 (10)
1995
#4,508 (13)
1994
#5,452 (10)
1993
#3,368 (19)
1992
#2,909 (23)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1990 at #1,796.
First recorded in the US in 1913.
In 2007, 55% of US babies named La were girls.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.