Lola

#275 for girls in 2025, 1,132 births · Last seen for boys in 1944 at #3,109
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1904 · 624 births
Debut · girls
138 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
96,892
since 1880

Lola over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #99, 1904girls
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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#2751,132
2024#2711,161
2023#2611,193
2022#2621,202
2021#2581,193
2020#2361,262
2019#2451,298
2018#2381,361
2017#2391,339
2016#2331,390
2015#2241,458
2014#2361,390
2013#2131,493
2012#2311,382
2011#2431,313
2010#2111,476
2009#2221,465
2008#2461,410
2007#2701,262
2006#2791,197
2005#374843
2004#515556
2003#615436
2002#752321
2001#1,147182
2000#1,310145
1999#2,11572
1998#2,24463
1997#2,07068
1996#2,96640
1995#2,68745
1994#2,93540
1993#3,50631
1992#2,45952
1991#2,59347
1990#1,95270
1989#2,14757
1988#1,73873
1987#1,64774
1986#1,73667
1985#1,69168
1984#1,63367
1983#1,41183
1982#1,221109
1981#1,239105
1980#986150
1979#1,030136
1978#924153
1977#1,016132
1976#736200
1975#876152
1974#852154
1973#824159
1972#841154
1971#792181
1970#813170
1969#781172
1968#714186
1967#716186
1966#632229
1965#575278
1964#535338
1963#537325
1962#530340
1961#487398
1960#483412
1959#437485
1958#459434
1957#427483
1956#395520
1955#339632
1954#370556
1953#368534
1952#332617
1951#309651
1950#310630
1949#312620
1948#296663
1947#294711
1946#274700
1945#256689
1944#228825#3,1096
1943#235825#3,2316
1942#220889#2,26811
1941#211835#2,8727
1940#203867#2,4789
1939#207840#2,8297
1938#199895#3,1756
1937#199866#3,5185
1936#187960#3,5495
1935#185951#3,2526
1934#1701,091#2,7428
1933#1631,123#3,2686
1932#1611,194#3,3616
1931#1561,200#2,47110
1930#1621,271#3,5926
1929#1631,268#3,5596
1928#1641,295#2,65910
1927#1541,532#2,9129
1926#1621,440#2,43612
1925#1641,470#2,9369
1924#1611,538#3,2608
1923#1571,513#3,1758
1922#1611,478#2,63011
1921#1571,540#3,2148
1920#1471,580#2,60211
1919#1421,617#3,7366
1918#1461,567#3,3687
1917#1431,493
1916#1471,372#3,5166
1915#1361,420#3,0827
1914#1441,031#3,2645
1913#130965#2,4966
1912#127903#2,2696
1911#120712#1,5376
1910#120685
1909#115634
1908#114623
1907#106639
1906#108616
1905#103624
1904#99624
1903#104547
1902#105565#9337
1901#107493#7798
1900#114584
1899#110437#1,0515
1898#108534
1897#107487
1896#109450#1,1015
1895#110446#1,0795
1894#115407
1893#114385
1892#117388
1891#117337
1890#119346
1889#123312
1888#119304
1887#123246
1886#138191
1885#131191
1884#126197
1883#122172
1882#117174
1881#125129
1880#117138
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lola was already there! It came in at #117, and was given to 138 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993–1996, when fewer than 46 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lola
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#271#275)
  • 39 spots since 2020 (#236#275)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#224#275)
  • Biggest jump: 395 spots in 2002 (#1,147#752)
  • Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1977 (#736#1,016)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1904 at #99 (624 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 61 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1904
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–1976
Share of babies · girls
1 in 441
  • Highest: 1 in 441 girls born in 1904 were named Lola (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,420 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 15.1% of all girls named Lola (14,654) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #99 (1904) → #3,506 (1993) → #211 (2010)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,054#117 (1882)#124
1890s4,217#107 (1897)#113
1900s5,949#99 (1904)#108
1910s11,765#120 (1911)#136
1920s14,654#147 (1920)#159
1930s10,391#156 (1931)#179
1940s7,624#203 (1940)#253
1950s5,542#309 (1951)#375
1960s2,864#483 (1960)#599
1970s1,591#736 (1976)#870
1980s853#986 (1980)#1,545
1990s528#1,952 (1990)#2,553
2000s7,817#222 (2009)#573
2010s13,900#211 (2010)#231
2020s7,143#236 (2020)#261

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.

Lola in 1918

girls
#146
1,567 births · 1 in 739 girls
boys
#3,368
7 births · 1 in 144,783 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #146Lola1,567

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #3,368Lola7
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 739 of them was named Lola, which outranked 97.4% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lola
  1. #143Olive1,618
  2. #144Mable1,593
  3. #144Winifred1,593
  4. #146Lola1,567
  5. #147Maria1,544
  6. #148Rachel1,542
  7. #149Daisy1,525
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 144,783 of them was named Lola, which outranked 30.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lola
  1. #3,096Yoshimi8
  2. #3,096Zelma8
  3. #3,096Zigmont8
  4. #3,368Lola7
  5. #3,368Acel7
  6. #3,368Achilles7
  7. #3,368Ada7
  8. #3,728Ab6
  9. #3,728Abran6
  10. #3,728Acencion6

Tied with 359 names at #3,368; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918