Girl Names That Start With L
These are the 173 girl names that start with L, have reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880, and still go to girls rather than boys today. Ranked by the number of girls given each name in 2025, most common first.
All 173 names
- Lily
- Lucy
- Luna
- Lainey
- Layla
- Lillian
- Leah
- Leilani
- Liliana
- Lyla
- Lucia
- Lydia
- Lilah
- Lila
- Lia
- Lennon
- Lucille
- Lilly
- Leila
- Luciana
- Lola
- Lilith
- Lena
- Leia
- Lorelai
- Leighton
- Laura
- Liana
- Londyn
- Lauren
- Lana
- Laila
- Leona
- London
- Lyra
- Lorelei
- Lilliana
- Lakelynn
- Louise
- Lottie
- Lenora
- Lilian
- Lina
- Loretta
- Lexi
- Lyric
- Legacy
- Laney
- Lillie
- Lara
- Louisa
- Leslie
- Laurel
- Lacey
- Lettie
- Luella
- Luz
- Lea
- Leanna
- Linda
- Lisa
- Lorraine
- Lilyana
- Lucie
- Liberty
- Liz
- Lorena
- Lizbeth
- Leora
- Lexie
- Lindsey
- Lesly
- Lauryn
- Louella
- Larissa
- Liza
- Lois
- Leticia
- Lori
- Lucinda
- Lenna
- Leonora
- Lula
- Lenore
- Lizzie
- Lindsay
- Lavinia
- Lela
- Leanne
- Lennie
- Lynn
- Litzy
- Lacy
- Lynette
- Lou
- Laurie
- Lora
- Lavina
- Lorna
- Lulu
- Leann
- Leigh
- Lesley
- Lynda
- Laci
- Lilla
- Lucile
- Loraine
- Lonnie
- Lovie
- Lelia
- Leola
- Lorene
- Lynnette
- Lexus
- Linnie
- Lyndsey
- Loula
- Lona
- Lauretta
- Lida
- Lelah
- Leta
- Laverne
- Lolita
- Latoya
- Lorie
- Lucretia
- Lauri
- Libbie
- Lorrie
- Lu
- Luann
- Ladonna
- Leone
- Lupe
- Lynne
- Lyda
- Lakeisha
- Lakesha
- Lakisha
- Laraine
- Lashawn
- Lashonda
- Latanya
- Latasha
- Latisha
- Latonia
- Latonya
- Latosha
- Lavonne
- Lawanda
- Leatha
- Leatrice
- Leota
- Lesa
- Lessie
- Letha
- Letitia
- Liddie
- Lissie
- Lonie
- Lorine
- Lorri
- Lotta
- Louvenia
- Luanne
- Ludie
- Lue
- Lura
- Lutie
- Luvenia
- Lyndsay
Also starting with L, and now given almost only to boys: Logan, Louie, Lee
Girl names that start with L in the 2025 data
L is the fifth most common first letter for girls born in 2025: 121,727 of them, 7.6% of every girl in the file. It has climbed from sixth place a decade ago, and its share has grown from 6.6% to 7.6%.
This list holds the 173 of those names that reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to girls rather than boys. The most common today is Lily, #18 with 6,673 girls in 2025. 12 of the 173 are in this year's top 100, and 138 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Three other names starting with L are left out — Logan, Louie and Lee. Each reached the top 500 among girls at some point, but fewer than one in ten children given it over the last ten years was a girl. Together they account for 94,536 of those 121,727 girls — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.
The fastest climber among them is Lakelynn, up from #3,533 in 2015 to #498 in 2025. London has gone the other way, from #105 to #431. The shortest name here is Lu at 2 letters, the longest Lynnette at 8.
Questions about girl names that start with L
What is the most popular girl name that starts with L?
Lily. 6,673 girls were given the name in 2025, which put it at #18 nationally.
How many girl names start with L?
173 have reached the top 500 as a girl's name and still go to girls today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 121,727 girls born in 2025 — 7.6% of the total — were given a name starting with L.
Are girl names that start with L getting more popular?
L is gaining ground. It was sixth among first letters for girls a decade ago with 6.6% of births, and it is fifth in 2025 with 7.6%.