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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #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 1947

girls
#294
711 births · 1 in 2,493 girls

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #294Lola711
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 2,493 of them was named Lola, which outranked 95.2% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lola
  1. #291Kristine718
  2. #292Dana716
  3. #293Pearl713
  4. #294Lola711
  5. #295Holly708
  6. #296Lena706
  7. #297Eunice705
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 417Michaele#1,276#859
  2. 385Carlotta#997#612
  3. 332Ricki#1,290#958
  4. 300Daria#1,220#920
  5. 290Ivy#1,087#797
Fallers
  1. 341Merlene#961#1,302
  2. 285Beatriz#985#1,270
  3. 276Ruthanne#874#1,150
  4. 253Estela#897#1,150
  5. 242Verla#885#1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1947