girls:
1.4k births since 1913
#4294 (25th percentile)
boys:
314 births since 1926
#4272 (7th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1913
#5995 (23rd percentile)
The name La is the #5,995 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,756 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 22.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,294 (24.9% percentile) for all time with 1,442 births since 1913. For boys, it ranks #4,272 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 314 births since 1926.
La first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for girls and 1926 for boys). Birth data for La is available in 84 out of the 110 years between 1913 and 2022 (79 years for girls and 37 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name La has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2022, 0.0% of babies named La were girls. Interestingly, until around 2011, the name was more popular for girls (83.0% girls from 1913 to 2010), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2011 to 2022).
For girls, La reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 8.7% percentile (ranked #787) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 39 births per million (ranked 8.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
For boys, La reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #752) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "La".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name La. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.8% confident that La is pronounced as lah, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh, at 30.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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