Theola
Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 82 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,099since 1895
Theola over time
Rank among girls' names. Theola has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
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| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,063 | 45 |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 |
| 1933 | #985 | 49 |
| 1932 | #998 | 50 |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 |
| 1930 | #1,019 | 52 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,136 | 45 |
| 1927 | #1,108 | 47 |
| 1926 | #990 | 57 |
| 1925 | #970 | 59 |
| 1924 | #822 | 82 |
| 1923 | #1,015 | 55 |
| 1922 | #1,008 | 55 |
| 1921 | #914 | 66 |
| 1920 | #968 | 57 |
| 1919 | #967 | 54 |
| 1918 | #851 | 71 |
| 1917 | #986 | 50 |
| 1916 | #940 | 53 |
| 1915 | #892 | 54 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 |
| 1913 | #1,003 | 29 |
| 1912 | #919 | 30 |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 |
| 1910 | #831 | 27 |
| 1909 | #831 | 24 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Theola! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Theola
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1924 (#1,015 → #822)
- Biggest drop: 328 spots in 1905 (#910 → #1,238)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1924 at #822 (82 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1914–1921
- Highest: 1 in 14,468 girls born in 1909 were named Theola (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 334,122 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #822 in 1924, was only 1 in 15,230 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.9% of all girls named Theola (565) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #1,416 (1896) | #1,448 |
| 1900s | 118 | #831 (1909) | #1,221 |
| 1910s | 433 | #831 (1910) | #919 |
| 1920s | 565 | #822 (1924) | #1,007 |
| 1930s | 389 | #985 (1933) | #1,188 |
| 1940s | 258 | #1,374 (1940) | #1,728 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,871 (1950) | #2,880 |
| 1960s | 105 | #2,989 (1960) | #4,469 |
| 1970s | 28 | #6,619 (1971) | #8,616 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,275 (1983) | #10,275 |
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.
Theola in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 21,652 of them was named Theola, which outranked 80.6% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,014Domenica53
- #1,014Ozella53
- #1,014Wanita53
- #1,019Theola52
- #1,019Alverta52
- #1,019Ardell52
- #1,019Delora52
- #1,031Augustine51
- #1,031Clair51
- #1,031Clarissa51
Tied with 11 names at #1,019; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.