Leola

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1937 at #3,518
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1910 · 423 births
Debut · girls
24 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
28,129
since 1880

Leola over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leola has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #166, 1910girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617
2024#6,16719
2023#5,24824
2022#3,96337
2021#6,41418
2020#5,48722
2019#4,54630
2018#6,52118
2017#5,19125
2016#7,60215
2015#6,97717
2014#6,20720
2013#7,37216
2012#7,80415
2011#7,78315
2010#9,23112
2009#8,88813
2008#7,40817
2007#8,09815
2006#6,84018
2005#11,8348
2004#9,89210
2003#7,58014
2002#8,28012
2001
2000#9,8749
1999#12,6886
1998#14,1225
1997#9,8028
1996#13,5185
1995#6,25714
1994#10,5697
1993#6,62213
1992#7,51211
1991#5,94915
1990#4,52321
1989#4,35821
1988#4,84017
1987#4,47418
1986#4,72416
1985#4,63516
1984#3,99019
1983#2,78331
1982#3,41824
1981#3,34025
1980#2,53737
1979#3,44223
1978#2,57233
1977#2,12444
1976#2,09941
1975#2,45632
1974#2,02941
1973#2,75325
1972#2,39830
1971#1,87746
1970#1,63757
1969#1,68551
1968#1,74945
1967#1,65947
1966#1,43059
1965#1,52853
1964#1,25477
1963#1,27175
1962#1,066102
1961#1,090101
1960#976120
1959#993113
1958#900129
1957#827150
1956#806152
1955#750159
1954#695182
1953#642194
1952#644190
1951#560228
1950#532243
1949#541237
1948#564218
1947#552236
1946#503241
1945#438267
1944#440267
1943#435287
1942#412300
1941#383318
1940#364323
1939#330363
1938#321379
1937#334350#3,5185
1936#302396#2,8547
1935#293424
1934#308414
1933#305406
1932#281488#3,7765
1931#287467
1930#283530
1929#265583
1928#266589#3,3577
1927#262638#4,2105
1926#262644
1925#240757
1924#242757#3,5057
1923#248683
1922#232778
1921#230789#4,3225
1920#226849#3,8156
1919#216830
1918#227777
1917#231708#3,9815
1916#218780
1915#233669
1914#222567
1913#205512
1912#190514
1911#196363
1910#166423
1909#181326
1908#179321
1907#180310
1906#182273
1905#166319
1904#192244
1903#207204
1902#204207
1901#217176
1900#204235
1899#221151
1898#225169
1897#257121
1896#233141
1895#238135
1894#234128
1893#256107
1892#239122
1891#25889
1890#26192
1889#232102
1888#27372
1887#34838
1886#29449
1885#27253
1884#25359
1883#25251
1882#25047
1881#26836
1880#32624
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Leola was already there! It came in at #326, and was given to 24 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Leola
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 379 spots since 2024 (#6,167#6,546)
  • 1,059 spots since 2020 (#5,487#6,546)
  • 431 spots since 2015 (#6,977#6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1888 (#348#273)
  • Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1961 (#976#1,090)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #166 (423 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 914
  • Highest: 1 in 914 girls born in 1905 were named Leola (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #166 in 1910, was only 1 in 937 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.1% of all girls named Leola (7,067) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s531#232 (1889)#277
1890s1,255#221 (1899)#242
1900s2,615#166 (1905)#191
1910s6,143#166 (1910)#210
1920s7,067#226 (1920)#247
1930s4,217#281 (1932)#304
1940s2,694#364 (1940)#463
1950s1,740#532 (1950)#735
1960s730#976 (1960)#1,371
1970s372#1,637 (1970)#2,339
1980s224#2,537 (1980)#3,910
1990s105#4,523 (1990)#9,156
2000s116#6,840 (2006)#8,744
2010s183#4,546 (2019)#6,923
2020s137#3,963 (2022)#5,638

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.

Leola in 1913

girls
#205
512 births · 1 in 1,220 girls

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #205Leola512
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 1,220 of them was named Leola, which outranked 94.5% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leola
  1. #202Eloise529
  2. #203Angelina520
  3. #204Luella519
  4. #205Leola512
  5. #206Frieda506
  6. #206Mollie506
  7. #208Regina504
Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 963Dominga#1,844#881
  2. 931Stacia#1,844#913
  3. 576Olympia#1,477#901
  4. 559Lilah#1,540#981
  5. 445Elfrieda#1,297#852
Fallers
  1. 806Karen#960#1,766
  2. 572Erie#833#1,405
  3. 559Gertha#846#1,405
  4. 527Lossie#938#1,465
  5. 505Ardelia#960#1,465

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

See the top 100 for 1913