Girl Names Starting With L

32 US girl names beginning with L, each linking to scored middle, sibling and twin name pairings. Sorted A–Z; switch to popularity below.

How common are L names?

About 1 in 13 US girls born in 2025 has a first name beginning with L: 121,727 girls, or 7.57% of the year's recorded births. That is up from 5.59% in 1990.

Top L names by 2025 rank
NameRank in 2015Rank in 2025
Lily#25#18
Lucy#55#25
Luna#112#27
Lainey#576#30
Layla#30#36

Of these names, Lainey has moved up the most in ten years — #576 for girls in 2015, #30 in 2025.

Pair an L first name with a middle name that starts differently and the initials stay clear; the middle-name pages mark down a second L.

Girl Names starting with L

This page lists 32 girl names beginning with the letter L that are in real current use in the United States — including popular picks like Lily, Lucy, Luna. The count comes from US Social Security Administration public records: every name shown was given to at least a handful of US babies in the latest year, so this is not a list of invented or one-off spellings.

Open any name to see its pairing page — middle names, sibling names and twin names, each scored for how well it fits. Use the sort control above to switch between A–Z and 2025 popularity. To browse a different letter, go back to all girl names.