Arcola

Last seen for girls in 1958 at #5,408

Peak · girls
1903 · 8 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
324
since 1903

Arcola over time

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Rank among girls' names. Arcola has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #1,318, 1903girls
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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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1929#3,1379
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1927#2,43314
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1925#3,3629
1924#3,6658
1923#3,12510
1922#3,15210
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1919#2,15616
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1917#3,3448
1916#2,65811
1915#2,14314
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1913#1,67013
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First appearance
1903

The first year at least five girls were named Arcola! It came in at #1,318, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1906–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Arcola is popular in 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedMSAlabama: #538 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,603 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Arcola, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#538 · 1 in 6,603

Best ever in a state: #415 in Alabama, 1915.

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See more about Arcola
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1903
  • Peaked 1903 at #1,318 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1906, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,746
  • Highest: 1 in 32,746 girls born in 1903 were named Arcola (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 335,270 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 31.2% of all girls named Arcola (101) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s25#1,318 (1903)#1,694
1910s89#1,670 (1913)#2,400
1920s101#2,433 (1927)#3,114
1930s62#2,845 (1930)#3,351
1940s36#3,040 (1943)#4,008
1950s11#5,301 (1950)#5,355

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.

Arcola in 1927

girls
#2,433
14 births · 1 in 85,174 girls

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #2,433Arcola14
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 85,174 of them was named Arcola, which outranked 56.6% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arcola
  1. #2,339Zelphia15
  2. #2,339Zeta15
  3. #2,339Zilpha15
  4. #2,433Arcola14
  5. #2,433Adrian14
  6. #2,433Agapita14
  7. #2,433Aldene14
  8. #2,552Agness13
  9. #2,552Aileene13
  10. #2,552Aleda13

Tied with 118 names at #2,433; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,708Charmaine#3,564 → #856
  2. ↑ 1,519Kazuko#2,474 → #955
  3. ↑ 1,152Valencia#2,076 → #924
  4. ↑ 551Cherie#1,414 → #863
  5. ↑ 452Lita#1,148 → #696
Fallers
  1. ↓ 349Janell#748 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 330Sabina#931 → #1,261
  3. ↓ 319Clarine#942 → #1,261
  4. ↓ 298Shirlie#980 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 291Delilah#836 → #1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1927 →