Name Explorer

Save nameName & meaning
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

Form of Laelia

17#6,709
Down 2,828 rank positions in five years
1919

Combination of Lou and Ann, or a Luana form

7#12,650
Down 1,873 rank positions in five years
1954

Variant of Leslie

149#1,448
Down 108 rank positions in five years
2003

Freedom

195#1,188
Down 536 rank positions in five years
2004

Variant of Lynette; Arthurian name family

17#6,719
Up 375 rank positions in five years
1964

From the Marian title Our Lady of Lourdes

58#2,917
Down 551 rank positions in five years
1963

Variant of Lindsay or Lindsey

14#7,721
Down 2,308 rank positions in five years
1990

Famous in battle

294#903
Up 94 rank positions in five years
2022

Combination of Lee and Ann

33#4,306
Down 992 rank positions in five years
1962

Lily

315#859
Up 295 rank positions in five years
2025

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

—Unranked
—
1916

Familiar form of Elaine; deeper meaning uncertain

421#674
Down 24 rank positions in five years
2006

Combination of Lou and -ella

146#1,475
Up 1,095 rank positions in five years
1932

Night-associated name; deeper meaning uncertain

1,111#277
Up 39 rank positions in five years
2023

La- prefix combined with Keisha

—Unranked
—
1979

From Laurentum

55#3,015
Down 940 rank positions in five years
1990

Several origins: a familiar short form, pearl, or Chinese character-based names

50#3,194
Down 387 rank positions in five years
1886

Lover

1,421#214
Up 85 rank positions in five years
2025

Town with a leek garden

892#342
Up 59 rank positions in five years
2025

La- prefix combined with Kisha

—Unranked
—
1977

My God is an oath, through Elizabeth

29#4,712
Down 1,759 rank positions in five years
1999

Possibly my light or a form of Leonora; origin unconfirmed

163#1,356
Up 459 rank positions in five years
1921

La combined with Wanda; Wanda's older meaning unconfirmed

—Unranked
—
1977

Possibly glad

10#9,824
Down 4,993 rank positions in five years
1918

Literal meaning not recorded

—Unranked
—
1962

Joy, gladness

—Unranked
—
1964

From Lydia

132#1,589
Up 59 rank positions in five years
2008

Diminutive of Lettice

358#757
Up 708 rank positions in five years
2025

Laura or Laurentius forms; deeper meaning partly unconfirmed

7#12,611
Up 3,866 rank positions in five years
1961

Literal meaning not recorded

12#8,651
Down 2,138 rank positions in five years
1918

Variant of Lacy

75#2,394
Up 120 rank positions in five years
1989

Night

478#611
Down 25 rank positions in five years
2022

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

—Unranked
—
1918

Roman family name; deeper meaning unconfirmed

8#11,514
new
1974

Variant of Lorelei

926#333
Up 194 rank positions in five years
2025

Roman family name; deeper meaning unconfirmed

332#820
Down 4 rank positions in five years
2018

My God is an oath, through Elizabeth

178#1,259
Up 100 rank positions in five years
1961

Named after the twinflower

149#1,449
Up 202 rank positions in five years
2015

Form of Lillian

237#1,050
Down 171 rank positions in five years
2012

La- prefix combined with Tanya

—Unranked
—
1972

Laurel tree, through Laura

11#9,207
Up 2,465 rank positions in five years
1915

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

26#5,043
Down 2,476 rank positions in five years
2003

Diminutive of Élisabeth

29#4,711
Up 242 rank positions in five years
1999

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

—Unranked
—
1917

La- prefix combined with Shonda

—Unranked
—
1977

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

85#2,184
Down 635 rank positions in five years
2004

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

5#16,252
Down 5,499 rank positions in five years
1981

Several naming routes; single meaning unconfirmed

131#1,604
Up 828 rank positions in five years
1979

Variant of Liliana

300#891
Down 52 rank positions in five years
2012

Variant of Lorene

—Unranked
—
1922

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