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Baby names starting with L

The girl and boy names starting with L given most often in the US in 2025.

Updated October 14, 2026 · sources checked October 14, 2026

In short

Among baby names starting with L, the most given in the US in 2025 were Lily, Lucy, Liam, Lucas. The two lists below rank up to 40 girl names and 40 boy names by the number of babies, from Social Security data; use the search box for any other name.

Ranked by the number of babies in 2025.

Girls

  1. Lily 6,673
  2. Lucy 6,176
  3. Luna 6,076
  4. Lainey 5,738
  5. Layla 5,338
  6. Lillian 3,966
  7. Leah 3,880
  8. Leilani 3,792
  9. Liliana 3,118
  10. Lyla 3,089
  11. Lucia 3,012
  12. Lydia 2,692
  13. Lilah 1,736
  14. Lila 1,670
  15. Lia 1,526
  16. Lennon 1,421
  17. Lucille 1,314
  18. Lilly 1,218
  19. Leila 1,193
  20. Luciana 1,139
  21. Lola 1,132
  22. Lilith 1,111
  23. Lena 1,106
  24. Leia 1,033
  25. Lorelai 926
  26. Leighton 892
  27. Laura 805
  28. Liana 801
  29. Londyn 799
  30. Lauren 777
  31. Logan 775
  32. Lana 768
  33. Laila 755
  34. Leona 723
  35. London 719
  36. Lyra 711
  37. Lorelei 699
  38. Lilliana 695
  39. Lakelynn 596
  40. Louise 579

Boys

  1. Liam 20,818
  2. Lucas 10,219
  3. Levi 9,642
  4. Luca 8,759
  5. Leo 8,173
  6. Luke 6,948
  7. Logan 5,576
  8. Lincoln 4,703
  9. Luka 3,873
  10. Leonardo 3,789
  11. Lorenzo 3,065
  12. Landon 2,840
  13. Leon 2,583
  14. Luis 2,475
  15. Legend 1,862
  16. Louis 1,391
  17. Lane 1,383
  18. Lukas 1,161
  19. Lennox 1,160
  20. Luciano 1,118
  21. Leonel 942
  22. Lawson 830
  23. Leandro 785
  24. Lucca 757
  25. Lian 752
  26. Lewis 736
  27. Lucian 670
  28. Leland 612
  29. Leonidas 591
  30. Lawrence 578
  31. Ledger 541
  32. Louie 481
  33. Lachlan 468
  34. Leonard 438
  35. Lochlan 433
  36. Lionel 419
  37. Layne 414
  38. Layton 377
  39. Lee 366
  40. Lennon 308

About these numbers. Babies born in the United States who received a Social Security number, by year of birth (1980-2025). To protect privacy, the SSA only publishes a name in a given year if at least 5 babies of the same sex received it.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data. Licence: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government, 17 U.S.C. § 105). Data checked on 2026-10-14. Mamavela only counts and charts these official figures; nothing is estimated.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data checked October 14, 2026
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