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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #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
1986
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1984#9,1446
1983
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1977#9,6525
1976
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1974
1973#6,0808
1972
1971#6,6197
1970
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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
1892
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.

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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 1936

girls
#1,115
40 births · 1 in 26,010 girls
boys
#3,147
6 births · 1 in 172,868 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #1,115Ceola40

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #3,147Ceola6
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 26,010 of them was named Ceola, which outranked 77.0% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ceola
  1. #1,096Velia41
  2. #1,096Versie41
  3. #1,096Viva41
  4. #1,115Ceola40
  5. #1,115Adelia40
  6. #1,115Anastasia40
  7. #1,115Drucilla40
  8. #1,135Angelica39
  9. #1,135Arnetta39
  10. #1,135Cara39

Tied with 19 names at #1,115; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 3,238Shelba#3,742#504
  2. 662Shelby#840#178
  3. 600Wendy#1,418#818
  4. 588Deanna#1,356#768
  5. 546Shari#1,514#968
Fallers
  1. 1,028Norita#713#1,741
  2. 506Vernetta#974#1,480
  3. 461Ozella#984#1,445
  4. 400Shirleyann#896#1,296
  5. 342Idell#925#1,267

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

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 172,868 of them was named Ceola, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ceola
  1. #2,854Wood7
  2. #2,854Woodford7
  3. #2,854Zenas7
  4. #3,147Ceola6
  5. #3,147Abelino6
  6. #3,147Acey6
  7. #3,147Adair6
  8. #3,549Abdon5
  9. #3,549Adger5
  10. #3,549Adlai5

Tied with 401 names at #3,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 802Errol#1,708#906
  2. 644Sergio#1,584#940
  3. 601Brice#1,494#893
  4. 537Windell#1,390#853
  5. 529Kim#1,390#861
Fallers
  1. 1,082Stafford#980#2,062
  2. 889Darwyn#750#1,639
  3. 461Hunter#956#1,417
  4. 399Orvil#844#1,243
  5. 370Rosendo#956#1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936