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Little Names.

US name list

Girl names starting with L

100 exact spellings starting with L had at least 100 published female SSA records in 2025. Lily leads with 6,673.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Included spellings have at least 100 published 2025 female records. The page lists up to 100, highest count first. Letters with fewer than 10 qualifying spellings are not given a page. Download this list (CSV)

2025 female records.
RankName2025 countChange since 2024
18Lily6,673Up 552
25Lucy6,176Up 751
27Luna6,076Down 1,088
30Lainey5,738Up 582
36Layla5,338Up 13
57Lillian3,966Up 73
58Leah3,880Down 108
60Leilani3,792Up 427
78Liliana3,118Up 96
80Lyla3,089Up 135
83Lucia3,012Up 349
92Lydia2,692Up 14
179Lilah1,736Up 46
187Lila1,670Up 188
200Lia1,526Down 84
214Lennon1,421Up 101
239Lucille1,314Up 158
252Lilly1,218Down 3
259Leila1,193Down 4
273Luciana1,139Up 49
275Lola1,132Down 29
277Lilith1,111Down 141
279Lena1,106Down 112
297Leia1,033Down 66
333Lorelai926Up 137
342Leighton892Up 95
379Laura805Down 67
386Liana801Up 53
388Londyn799Down 214
401Lauren777Down 105
402Logan775Down 33
406Lana768Down 62
413Laila755Down 89
429Leona723Up 94
431London719Down 157
435Lyra711Up 69
441Lorelei699Up 9
446Lilliana695Down 78
498Lakelynn596Up 170
516Louise579Up 17
528Lottie570Up 146
539Lenora562Up 169
560Lilian537Down 7
572Lina527Down 7
585Lylah503Down 53
606Loretta485Up 62
611Leyla478Down 26
628Lexi464Down 73
640Lyric451Down 57
662Legacy429Down 64
673Lakelyn421Up 49
674Laney421Up 10
676Lillie420Up 2
693Lara409Up 29
696Leilany407Up 7
697Louisa407Up 22
712Leslie393Down 103
717Lennox392Down 22
734Laurel372Down 15
738Lacey370Down 8
757Lettie358Up 76
769Laylani353Up 67
780Luella349Up 15
820Livia332Up 10
831Layan329Up 84
839Luz324Down 53
848Lea321Down 6
859Lilia315Up 25
877Lyanna305Up 32
890Leanna300Up 7
891Lilianna300Up 20
896Liv296Down 13
900Liora295Up 168
902Linda294Down 30
903Luisa294Down 19
935Landry279Up 79
957Love269Down 50
971Leylani263Up 43
990Laken256Up 63
991Lisa256Down 8
1,044Lorraine238Up 81
1,050Lilyana237Down 61
1,059Liyana232Up 85
1,070Lailani227Up 72
1,088Laramie222Down 4
1,095Lavender220Down 41
1,105Lianna216Up 21
1,115Leena212Down 15
1,130Lucie207Up 28
1,146Libby202Down 14
1,179Leni197Up 10
1,188Liberty195Down 71
1,254Laylah179Down 56
1,259Liz178Up 9
1,282Leela175Down 10
1,293Lorena173Down 9
1,296Laynie172Up 37
1,305Lizbeth171Down 47
1,322Liah169Down 1
1,343Livvy165Up 55

Rising spellings with 100–499 2025 records

These L spellings grew from 2021 to 2025 and stayed under 500 published female records. A missing 2021 observation is skipped, not treated as zero.

Growth since 2021.
Name2025 count2021 countRatio
Liora295664.47×
Laramie222593.76×
Lowen127343.74×
Livvy165473.51×
Lettie3581742.06×
Lainee129642.02×
Lennyn136721.89×
Liyana2321231.89×
Layan3291841.79×
Lakelyn4212391.76×

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