Lala
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Lala by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lala. In the US, 13 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 39 babies in 1921, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Lala
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lala. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Lylanight751 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lailanight1,735 in the US (2017)
- Lilaplayful, divine play; also purple flower277 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lolasorrows; diminutive of Dolores524 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lanabright or fair; a form of Helen or Alana185 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Lala
Names that are said the same way as Lala, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Lala
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