Vola
Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · Last seen for boys in 1921 at #3,869
Given to girls 97.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 677since 1891
Vola over time
Rank among girls' names. Vola has never cracked the top 900 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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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
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| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,380 | 28 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
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| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Vola! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Vola
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1956
- Biggest drop: 597 spots in 1896 (#986 → #1,583)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1895 at #986 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1895
- Highest: 1 in 21,239 girls born in 1895 were named Vola (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 401,541 girls born in 1956 (0.00%)
- 29.4% of all girls named Vola (199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 48 | #986 (1895) | #1,326 |
| 1900s | 90 | #1,052 (1909) | #1,376 |
| 1910s | 179 | #1,055 (1912) | #1,662 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,341 (1921) | #2,081 |
| 1930s | 108 | #2,024 (1931) | #2,829 |
| 1940s | 33 | #3,208 (1940) | #4,169 |
| 1950s | 20 | #5,301 (1950) | #5,642 |
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.
Vola in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 64,313 of them was named Vola, which outranked 63.7% 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).
- #1,963Wallace19
- #1,963Wilmer19
- #1,963Yaeko19
- #2,029Vola18
- #2,029Adda18
- #2,029Ailie18
- #2,029Alison18
- #2,102Agustina17
- #2,102Alethia17
- #2,102Aletta17
Tied with 72 names at #2,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 202,696 of them was named Vola, which outranked 13.2% 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).
Tied with 634 names at #4,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.