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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #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.

Where Leola is popular in 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedMNIllinois: #519 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,834 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedWIMichigan: #491 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,962 girlsMINew York: #545 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 10,278 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #590 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,866 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #448 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,930 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedWVVirginia: #402 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,866 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedNMKansas: #260 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,994 girlsKSArkansas: #260 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,567 girlsARTennessee: #278 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,238 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #369 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,810 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #172 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 821 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #200 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 906 girlsLAMississippi: #221 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,106 girlsMSAlabama: #267 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,946 girlsALGeorgia: #243 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,466 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Leola, so not publishedHITexas: #500 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,466 girlsTXFlorida: #221 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,112 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#172 · 1 in 821
  2. Louisiana#200 · 1 in 906
  3. Mississippi#221 · 1 in 1,106
  4. Florida#221 · 1 in 1,112
  5. Georgia#243 · 1 in 1,466

Best ever in a state: #55 in Louisiana, 1913.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#172291 in 821
Louisiana#200291 in 906
Florida#221161 in 1,112
Mississippi#221221 in 1,106
Georgia#243241 in 1,466
Arkansas#260131 in 1,567
Kansas#26071 in 1,994
Alabama#267171 in 1,946
Tennessee#278141 in 2,238
North Carolina#369111 in 3,810
Virginia#40261 in 4,866
California#448141 in 4,930
Michigan#49171 in 7,962
Texas#500151 in 4,466
Illinois#51991 in 7,834
New York#545111 in 10,278
Pennsylvania#59071 in 12,866
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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 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 1942

girls
#412
300 births · 1 in 4,502 girls

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #412Leola300
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 4,502 of them was named Leola, which outranked 92.3% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leola
  1. #409Robbie309
  2. #410Bernadine308
  3. #411Vicky302
  4. #412Leola300
  5. #413Corinne299
  6. #414Arleen298
  7. #414Lizzie298
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

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

See the top 100 for 1942