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
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 423 births
- Debut · girls
- 24 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,129since 1880
Leola over time
Rank among girls' names. Leola has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,637 | 57 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,685 | 51 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,254 | 77 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,271 | 75 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,066 | 102 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,090 | 101 | — | |
| 1960 | #976 | 120 | — | |
| 1959 | #993 | 113 | — | |
| 1958 | #900 | 129 | — | |
| 1957 | #827 | 150 | — | |
| 1956 | #806 | 152 | — | |
| 1955 | #750 | 159 | — | |
| 1954 | #695 | 182 | — | |
| 1953 | #642 | 194 | — | |
| 1952 | #644 | 190 | — | |
| 1951 | #560 | 228 | — | |
| 1950 | #532 | 243 | — | |
| 1949 | #541 | 237 | — | |
| 1948 | #564 | 218 | — | |
| 1947 | #552 | 236 | — | |
| 1946 | #503 | 241 | — | |
| 1945 | #438 | 267 | — | |
| 1944 | #440 | 267 | — | |
| 1943 | #435 | 287 | — | |
| 1942 | #412 | 300 | — | |
| 1941 | #383 | 318 | — | |
| 1940 | #364 | 323 | — | |
| 1939 | #330 | 363 | — | |
| 1938 | #321 | 379 | — | |
| 1937 | #334 | 350 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #302 | 396 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #293 | 424 | — | |
| 1934 | #308 | 414 | — | |
| 1933 | #305 | 406 | — | |
| 1932 | #281 | 488 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #287 | 467 | — | |
| 1930 | #283 | 530 | — | |
| 1929 | #265 | 583 | — | |
| 1928 | #266 | 589 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #262 | 638 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #262 | 644 | — | |
| 1925 | #240 | 757 | — | |
| 1924 | #242 | 757 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #248 | 683 | — | |
| 1922 | #232 | 778 | — | |
| 1921 | #230 | 789 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #226 | 849 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #216 | 830 | — | |
| 1918 | #227 | 777 | — | |
| 1917 | #231 | 708 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #218 | 780 | — | |
| 1915 | #233 | 669 | — | |
| 1914 | #222 | 567 | — | |
| 1913 | #205 | 512 | — | |
| 1912 | #190 | 514 | — | |
| 1911 | #196 | 363 | — | |
| 1910 | #166 | 423 | — | |
| 1909 | #181 | 326 | — | |
| 1908 | #179 | 321 | — | |
| 1907 | #180 | 310 | — | |
| 1906 | #182 | 273 | — | |
| 1905 | #166 | 319 | — | |
| 1904 | #192 | 244 | — | |
| 1903 | #207 | 204 | — | |
| 1902 | #204 | 207 | — | |
| 1901 | #217 | 176 | — | |
| 1900 | #204 | 235 | — | |
| 1899 | #221 | 151 | — | |
| 1898 | #225 | 169 | — | |
| 1897 | #257 | 121 | — | |
| 1896 | #233 | 141 | — | |
| 1895 | #238 | 135 | — | |
| 1894 | #234 | 128 | — | |
| 1893 | #256 | 107 | — | |
| 1892 | #239 | 122 | — | |
| 1891 | #258 | 89 | — | |
| 1890 | #261 | 92 | — | |
| 1889 | #232 | 102 | — | |
| 1888 | #273 | 72 | — | |
| 1887 | #348 | 38 | — | |
| 1886 | #294 | 49 | — | |
| 1885 | #272 | 53 | — | |
| 1884 | #253 | 59 | — | |
| 1883 | #252 | 51 | — | |
| 1882 | #250 | 47 | — | |
| 1881 | #268 | 36 | — | |
| 1880 | #326 | 24 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #166 (423 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1960
- 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
- 25.1% of all girls named Leola (7,067) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 531 | #232 (1889) | #277 |
| 1890s | 1,255 | #221 (1899) | #242 |
| 1900s | 2,615 | #166 (1905) | #191 |
| 1910s | 6,143 | #166 (1910) | #210 |
| 1920s | 7,067 | #226 (1920) | #247 |
| 1930s | 4,217 | #281 (1932) | #304 |
| 1940s | 2,694 | #364 (1940) | #463 |
| 1950s | 1,740 | #532 (1950) | #735 |
| 1960s | 730 | #976 (1960) | #1,371 |
| 1970s | 372 | #1,637 (1970) | #2,339 |
| 1980s | 224 | #2,537 (1980) | #3,910 |
| 1990s | 105 | #4,523 (1990) | #9,156 |
| 2000s | 116 | #6,840 (2006) | #8,744 |
| 2010s | 183 | #4,546 (2019) | #6,923 |
| 2020s | 137 | #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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 2,627 of them was named Leola, which outranked 93.8% 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).
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 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 148,172 of them was named Leola, which outranked 29.3% 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).
- #2,629Zebedee8
- #2,629Zeferino8
- #2,629Zenon8
- #2,854Leola7
- #2,854Abbott7
- #2,854Adalberto7
- #2,854Addis7
- #3,147Abelino6
- #3,147Acey6
- #3,147Adair6
Tied with 292 names at #2,854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.