Girl Names Starting With L
Start with L and the list for girls is headed by Lily: 6,673 babies in 2025. The deepest entry here sits at rank #662, with 429 recorded births.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| #18 | Lily | 6,673 |
| #25 | Lucy | 6,176 |
| #27 | Luna | 6,076 |
| #30 | Lainey | 5,738 |
| #36 | Layla | 5,338 |
| #57 | Lillian | 3,966 |
| #58 | Leah | 3,880 |
| #60 | Leilani | 3,792 |
| #78 | Liliana | 3,118 |
| #80 | Lyla | 3,089 |
| #83 | Lucia | 3,012 |
| #92 | Lydia | 2,692 |
| #179 | Lilah | 1,736 |
| #187 | Lila | 1,670 |
| #200 | Lia | 1,526 |
| #214 | Lennon | 1,421 |
| #239 | Lucille | 1,314 |
| #252 | Lilly | 1,218 |
| #259 | Leila | 1,193 |
| #273 | Luciana | 1,139 |
| #275 | Lola | 1,132 |
| #277 | Lilith | 1,111 |
| #279 | Lena | 1,106 |
| #297 | Leia | 1,033 |
| #333 | Lorelai | 926 |
| #342 | Leighton | 892 |
| #379 | Laura | 805 |
| #386 | Liana | 801 |
| #388 | Londyn | 799 |
| #401 | Lauren | 777 |
| #402 | Logan | 775 |
| #406 | Lana | 768 |
| #413 | Laila | 755 |
| #429 | Leona | 723 |
| #431 | London | 719 |
| #435 | Lyra | 711 |
| #441 | Lorelei | 699 |
| #446 | Lilliana | 695 |
| #498 | Lakelynn | 596 |
| #516 | Louise | 579 |
| #528 | Lottie | 570 |
| #539 | Lenora | 562 |
| #560 | Lilian | 537 |
| #572 | Lina | 527 |
| #585 | Lylah | 503 |
| #606 | Loretta | 485 |
| #611 | Leyla | 478 |
| #628 | Lexi | 464 |
| #640 | Lyric | 451 |
| #662 | Legacy | 429 |
Ranks are overall positions among all 2025 girl names, so gaps between rows are real. For a random shortlist, spin L girl names in the generator, or scan the full top 100 girl names.
How common is L as a first letter for girls in 2025?
Among the 2025 top-1,000 girl names, 80 begin with L; summed, their births are 8.1% of the whole list, the 4th-largest share among the 26 initials. Tier by tier, the 2025 overall top 100 claims 12 of the table's 50 names, the 101–500 band claims 27, the 501–1,000 band claims 11, and none rank past #1,000, outside the committed top-1,000 file. The table's last row, Legacy, still carries 429 births at #662; any L girl names below it are outside the committed per-letter depth of 50 and are not shown.
Between #18 (Lily, 6,673 births) and #662 (Legacy, 429), the 50 rows of the 2025 L table hold 86,175 births in all, a top-to-bottom count ratio of 15.6. The middle row, the 25th, is Lorelai at #333 with 926 births in 2025. The widest jump between consecutive rows is 87 ranks, from Lydia (#92) to Lilah (#179); every 2025 girl name at the ranks between them begins with another letter. No two consecutive rows of the 2025 L table carry the same count, so the SSA's alphabetical tie rule never decides the order between them. The 12 names from the 2025 L table inside the overall top 100 are Lily (#18), Lucy (#25), Luna (#27), Lainey (#30), Layla (#36), Lillian (#57), Leah (#58) and Leilani (#60), and 4 more.
How a rank like #18 is assigned, including the SSA's alphabetical tie-break between equal counts, is explained in Reading ranks and counts.
L girl names across the decade snapshots
Every snapshot year from 1955 to 2015 has at least one L girl name in its top 200; the count was 16 in 1955 and 16 in 2015. The most L names in a single snapshot was 16 in 1955, led by Linda at #3 with 51,300 births; the fewest was 8 in 1995. The lead changed hands among 5 names across those 7 snapshots (Linda, Lisa, Laura, Lauren and Lily), and Lily leads again in 2025, at #18.
| Snapshot | L names in top 200 | Leading L name | Rank | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s (1955) | 16 | Linda | #3 | 51,300 |
| 1960s (1965) | 9 | Lisa | #1 | 60,271 |
| 1970s (1975) | 10 | Lisa | #8 | 18,139 |
| 1980s (1985) | 12 | Laura | #14 | 16,002 |
| 1990s (1995) | 8 | Lauren | #15 | 13,443 |
| 2000s (2005) | 12 | Lauren | #21 | 9,249 |
| 2010s (2015) | 16 | Lily | #25 | 6,683 |
Measured as a share of top-200 girl births, L runs 7.3% in 1955, 10.0% in 1965, 5.3% in 1975, 6.6% in 1985, 3.4% in 1995, 4.7% in 2005 and 6.8% in 2015 — a high of 10.0% in 1965 and a low of 3.4% in 1995. Cut to the same top-200 depth, the 2025 list holds 15 L names with 8.3% of its births, led by Lily at #18. To read those 7 L shares against the other 25 initials, for girls and for boys, see First-letter trends since 1955, where each snapshot column carries all 26 shares; the full index is on the data guides page.
Faded and new L girl names
Between the snapshots and 2025, 16 L girl names dropped out at the committed depths — each inside some snapshot's top 200, none among the 50 names in the 2025 table; the 15 rows below are ordered by the most recent snapshot each charted in, then by best rank, and 1 more are omitted. Absent means absent from the 2025 top-50 L list, which stops at Legacy (#662, 429 births); a faded name may still be registered below that cut.
| Name | Best rank (year) | Snapshots in top 200 | Last charted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey | #37 (1985) | 3 of 7 | 2005 |
| Leslie | #71 (1975) | 6 of 7 | 2005 |
| Lisa | #1 (1965) | 5 of 7 | 1995 |
| Lindsay | #40 (1985) | 2 of 7 | 1995 |
| Linda | #3 (1955) | 4 of 7 | 1985 |
| Lori | #19 (1965) | 4 of 7 | 1985 |
| Latoya | #81 (1985) | 1 of 7 | 1985 |
| Lacey | #124 (1985) | 1 of 7 | 1985 |
| Latasha | #197 (1975) | 2 of 7 | 1985 |
| Laurie | #60 (1965) | 3 of 7 | 1975 |
| Lynn | #62 (1955) | 3 of 7 | 1975 |
| Lorraine | #126 (1955) | 2 of 7 | 1965 |
| Lois | #124 (1955) | 1 of 7 | 1955 |
| Lynne | #155 (1955) | 1 of 7 | 1955 |
| Lynda | #178 (1955) | 1 of 7 | 1955 |
The 2025 table also carries 31 names that no snapshot top 200 contains: Lainey (#30), Lucia (#83), Lilah (#179), Lia (#200), Lennon (#214), Lucille (#239), Leila (#259), Luciana (#273), Lola (#275), Lilith (#277), Lena (#279) and Leia (#297), and 19 more. That records only that none of the 31, Lainey at #30 included, ranked inside the top 200 in 1955, 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015; the snapshot files stop at that rank, so any of them can have been registered below it in any of those years.
The shape of the 2025 L list
On the SSA spelling, 14 of the 50 names in the 2025 L table have four letters or fewer, 33 have five to seven, and 3 have eight or more. Take each length class on its own and the 2025 L list shows 3 long spellings from Leighton at #342 to Lakelynn at #498, 33 medium spellings from Lainey at #30 to Legacy at #662, and 14 short spellings from Lily at #18 to Lexi at #628. By letter count, Lia is the shortest spelling in the 2025 table (3 letters, #200) and Leighton the longest (8 letters, #342). "e" is the second letter of 12 of the 50 names in the 2025 L table, "i" of 12, and "o" of 9; 6 second letters are used in total.
Across the sexes, 3 of these 50 spellings also sit on the 2025 boys' L list, where the SSA ranks each sex on its own: Lennon (#214 for girls, #808 for boys), Logan (#402 for girls, #53 for boys) and Legacy (#662 for girls, #957 for boys).
L girl names: questions the data answers
What is the most popular girl name starting with L in 2025?
Lily. The 2025 SSA data records 6,673 girls named Lily, which places it at #18 among all girl names that year, inside the overall top 100.
How many girl names starting with L are in the 2025 top 1,000?
80. Together they account for 8.1% of the births in the 2025 top 1,000, the 4th-largest share among the 26 initials.
Why does this page list 50 L girl names?
The committed per-letter file holds the 50 most-registered 2025 girl names for each initial, and L fills it: the 50th row is Legacy at #662. Any L names below that cut are outside the committed depth and are not shown.
Which L girl name on this page has the lowest rank?
Legacy, at #662 with 429 births in 2025. Ranks are overall positions among all 2025 girl names, so the span from #18 to #662 covers names that start with other letters.
How many L girl names were in the top 200 in 1955 and in 2015?
16 in 1955 (led by Linda at #3) and 16 in 2015 (led by Lily at #25). Those are counts inside one SSA year's top 200; over the 7 snapshots the L count ranges from 8 (1995) to 16 (1955).
Do any of these L girl names also appear on the boys' L list for 2025?
Yes, 3 of the 50: Lennon (#214 for girls, #808 for boys), Logan (#402 for girls, #53 for boys) and Legacy (#662 for girls, #957 for boys). Those are per-sex ranks, so Lennon's #214 for girls (1,421 births) and #808 for boys (308) are two separate SSA positions, not one.
Other letters
Boy names for this letter: boy names starting with L.
Source: every name, rank, and count on this page comes from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names dataset (2025 data, from Social Security card applications). It is public-domain U.S. government data; names given fewer than 5 times in a year are excluded by the SSA, spelling variants are counted separately, and the data covers U.S. births only. Full caveats on the methodology page.