Lota

Last seen for girls in 1947 at #4,345

Peak · girls
1881 · 7 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
586
since 1881

Lota over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lota has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #679, 1881girls
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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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1947#4,3457
1946#3,6658
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1942#4,1246
1941#3,9546
1940#4,3495
1939#4,2505
1938#4,3425
1937#3,4347
1936#3,7016
1935
1934#2,74110
1933#2,68810
1932#2,03716
1931#2,42712
1930#3,0559
1929#4,0536
1928#2,95410
1927#2,43314
1926#2,70812
1925#3,11610
1924#2,40915
1923#2,36615
1922#2,18617
1921#3,16410
1920#2,35715
1919#2,51513
1918#2,51913
1917#1,99617
1916#1,80519
1915#3,4347
1914#2,4349
1913#1,40517
1912#1,17820
1911#1,6569
1910#1,26713
1909#1,9576
1908#1,35710
1907#92317
1906#1,9515
1905#1,23810
1904#1,3648
1903#1,2049
1902#1,2199
1901#1,4666
1900#1,10612
1899
1898#1,04711
1897#82615
1896#95012
1895#1,4266
1894#1,4855
1893#1,1757
1892#1,2786
1891#1,2136
1890#1,0068
1889#9029
1888#1,2765
1887
1886#8977
1885#9216
1884
1883#9205
1882#8136
1881#6797
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Lota! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lota
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1947
  • Biggest jump: 1,028 spots in 1907 (#1,951#923)
  • Biggest drop: 434 spots in 1908 (#923#1,357)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #679 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1881–1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,136
  • Highest: 1 in 13,136 girls born in 1881 were named Lota (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 253,252 girls born in 1947 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 23.4% of all girls named Lota (137) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s45#679 (1881)#915
1890s76#826 (1897)#1,156
1900s92#923 (1907)#1,379
1910s137#1,178 (1912)#2,021
1920s124#2,186 (1922)#2,775
1930s80#2,037 (1932)#3,186
1940s32#3,665 (1946)#4,087

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.

Lota in 1882

girls
#813
6 births · 1 in 17,975 girls

Top girls' names in 1882

  1. #1Mary8,148
  2. #2Anna3,143
  3. #3Emma2,303
  4. #4Elizabeth2,186
  5. #5Minnie2,004
  6. #6Margaret1,821
  7. #7Ida1,673
  8. #8Alice1,542
  9. #9Bertha1,508
  10. #10Annie1,492
  11. #813Lota6
More about 1882

girls

107,847 girls got a published name in 1882; 1 in 17,975 of them was named Lota, which outranked 20.9% of the 1,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lota
  1. #740Zadie7
  2. #740Zenobia7
  3. #740Zetta7
  4. #813Lota6
  5. #813Albertina6
  6. #813Alda6
  7. #813Alwina6
  8. #908Affie5
  9. #908Albert5
  10. #908Albertha5

Tied with 94 names at #813; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 380Clementine#740#360
  2. 337Lissie#830#493
  3. 323Lonnie#830#507
  4. 300Erna#830#530
  5. 300Hedwig#830#530
Fallers
  1. 405Leatha#503#908
  2. 369Grayce#539#908
  3. 369Maye#539#908
  4. 369Rella#539#908
  5. 326Honora#582#908

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

See the top 100 for 1882