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How popular is “Lala” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lala” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lala” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lala” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lala” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lala” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lala” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lala” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 100%
1895 17 0.00004843 17 100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 100%
1907 13 0.000027934 13 100%
1908 15 0.000030697 15 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 100%
1911 17 0.000026386 17 100%
1912 28 0.000028338 28 100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 100%
1914 26 0.000018357 26 100%
1915 37 0.000020192 37 100%
1916 38 0.000019644 38 100%
1917 33 0.000016444 33 100%
1918 33 0.0000152 33 100%
1919 33 0.000015638 33 100%
1920 28 0.000012375 28 100%
1921 39 0.000016706 39 100%
1922 34 0.000014853 34 100%
1923 36 0.000015635 36 100%
1924 39 0.000016375 39 100%
1925 37 0.000015857 37 100%
1926 34 0.000014809 34 100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 100%
1928 27 0.000011942 27 100%
1929 33 0.000015054 33 100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 100%
1931 27 0.00001283 27 100%
1932 27 0.000012788 27 100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 100%
2017 13 0.000003635 13 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 100%

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