Ceola

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,147
Given to girls 99.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1906 · 21 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,164
since 1890

Ceola over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ceola has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #793, 1906girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1988#11,7985
1987#7,3539
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1984#9,1446
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1977#9,6525
1976
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1973#6,0808
1972
1971#6,6197
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1966#5,8096
1965#4,4949
1964#4,6369
1963#3,80112
1962#4,5339
1961#2,95718
1960#2,36925
1959#2,98016
1958#2,86217
1957#2,48621
1956#2,72518
1955#2,34122
1954#3,71810
1953#2,23622
1952#2,26621
1951#1,58336
1950#1,95524
1949#1,66632
1948#1,85826
1947#1,66133
1946#1,39439
1945#2,06017
1944#1,74223
1943#1,42334
1942#1,49730
1941#1,44629
1940#1,59124
1939#1,63822
1938#1,14040
1937#1,23434
1936#1,11540#3,1476
1935#1,19735#3,6455
1934#98149
1933#99948
1932#96953
1931#1,02247
1930#1,05249
1929#1,17440
1928#99456
1927#99059
1926#1,07948#4,2015
1925#1,00855
1924#90370#4,3475
1923#1,02754
1922#90665
1921#1,04552
1920#1,20640
1919#93357
1918#1,01850
1917#1,24134
1916#84065
1915#94449
1914#1,00335
1913#94632
1912#80938
1911#95821
1910#85925
1909#81325
1908#1,04415
1907#87119
1906#79321
1905#92616
1904#1,17010
1903#93114
1902#1,2199
1901#1,2278
1900#1,05313
1899#1,5965
1898#1,1719
1897
1896
1895#1,4266
1894#1,4855
1893
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1891
1890#1,3385
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Ceola! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ceola is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedLAMississippi: #369 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,802 girlsMSAlabama: #314 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,596 girlsALGeorgia: #362 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,491 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedHITexas: #746 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,606 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#314 · 1 in 2,596
  2. Georgia#362 · 1 in 3,491
  3. Mississippi#369 · 1 in 2,802
  4. Texas#746 · 1 in 8,606

Best ever in a state: #237 in Mississippi, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#314121 in 2,596
Georgia#36291 in 3,491
Mississippi#36981 in 2,802
Texas#74671 in 8,606
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ceola
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
  • Biggest jump: 288 spots in 1903 (#1,219#931)
  • Biggest drop: 401 spots in 1917 (#840#1,241)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1906 at #793 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1909–1913
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,889
  • Highest: 1 in 13,889 girls born in 1909 were named Ceola (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 356,171 girls born in 1988 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #793 in 1906, was only 1 in 14,062 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.9% of all girls named Ceola (539) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s30#1,171 (1898)#1,403
1900s150#793 (1906)#1,005
1910s406#809 (1912)#955
1920s539#903 (1924)#1,033
1930s417#969 (1932)#1,135
1940s287#1,394 (1946)#1,634
1950s207#1,583 (1951)#2,515
1960s88#2,369 (1960)#4,086
1970s20#6,080 (1973)#7,450
1980s20#7,353 (1987)#9,432

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ceola in 1928

girls
#994
56 births · 1 in 20,595 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #994Ceola56
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 20,595 of them was named Ceola, which outranked 81.7% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ceola
  1. #983Phylis57
  2. #983Rosia57
  3. #983Wava57
  4. #994Ceola56
  5. #994Dorine56
  6. #994Elayne56
  7. #994Ellie56
  8. #1,009Blossom55
  9. #1,009Burnice55
  10. #1,009Concha55

Tied with 14 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928