Ceola

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,147
Given to girls 99.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1906 · 21 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,164
since 1890

Ceola over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ceola has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #793, 1906girls
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Ceola! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ceola is popular in 1912

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedLAMississippi: #237 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedALGeorgia: #325 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,828 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ceola, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#237 · 1 in 1,351
  2. Georgia#325 · 1 in 2,828

Best ever in a state: #237 in Mississippi, 1912.

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See more about Ceola
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
  • Biggest jump: 288 spots in 1903 (#1,219 → #931)
  • Biggest drop: 401 spots in 1917 (#840 → #1,241)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1906 at #793 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1909–1913
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,889
  • Highest: 1 in 13,889 girls born in 1909 were named Ceola (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 356,171 girls born in 1988 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #793 in 1906, was only 1 in 14,062 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.9% of all girls named Ceola (539) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s30#1,171 (1898)#1,403
1900s150#793 (1906)#1,005
1910s406#809 (1912)#955
1920s539#903 (1924)#1,033
1930s417#969 (1932)#1,135
1940s287#1,394 (1946)#1,634
1950s207#1,583 (1951)#2,515
1960s88#2,369 (1960)#4,086
1970s20#6,080 (1973)#7,450
1980s20#7,353 (1987)#9,432

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.

Ceola in 1912

girls
#809
38 births · 1 in 14,687 girls

Top girls' names in 1912

  1. #1Mary32,304
  2. #2Helen16,133
  3. #3Dorothy12,645
  4. #4Margaret12,536
  5. #5Ruth11,280
  6. #6Mildred8,764
  7. #7Anna8,586
  8. #8Elizabeth8,527
  9. #9Frances6,680
  10. #10Marie6,642
  11. #809Ceola38
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 14,687 of them was named Ceola, which outranked 76.5% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ceola
  1. #795Rosemarie39
  2. #795Sammie39
  3. #795Walter39
  4. #809Ceola38
  5. #809Alline38
  6. #809Bette38
  7. #809Cleora38
  8. #820Alba37
  9. #820Beaulah37
  10. #820Lavon37

Tied with 10 names at #809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 712Jule#1,545 → #833
  2. ↑ 626Beula#1,545 → #919
  3. ↑ 602Noma#1,372 → #770
  4. ↑ 577Walter#1,372 → #795
  5. ↑ 490Izora#1,450 → #960
Fallers
  1. ↓ 912Mabell#932 → #1,844
  2. ↓ 602Justina#875 → #1,477
  3. ↓ 579Irine#898 → #1,477
  4. ↓ 579Sula#898 → #1,477
  5. ↓ 568Cordia#853 → #1,421

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

See the top 100 for 1912 →