Creola

Last seen for girls in 1984 at #10,422

Peak · girls
1880 · 6 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,742
since 1880

Creola over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #738, 1880girls
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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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1984#10,4225
1983#9,0156
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1978#7,6497
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1975#7,9846
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1969#7,4715
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1967#6,0426
1966#4,4939
1965#5,2897
1964#5,4747
1963#4,27210
1962#6,5785
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1960#4,18410
1959#4,6258
1958#3,92510
1957#5,3776
1956#2,92916
1955#3,57111
1954#2,45020
1953#2,92114
1952#2,80615
1951#2,31419
1950#2,12121
1949#2,13421
1948#2,58915
1947#1,89726
1946#2,31817
1945#2,33914
1944#2,09617
1943#1,90021
1942#1,66825
1941#1,44629
1940#1,47727
1939#1,63822
1938#1,34330
1937#1,25533
1936#1,29631
1935#1,18236
1934#1,23633
1933#1,44226
1932#1,38229
1931#1,45926
1930#1,16141
1929#1,17440
1928#1,27136
1927#1,21341
1926#1,22040
1925#1,02054
1924#1,03156
1923#1,19742
1922#1,00855
1921#1,14844
1920#88567
1919#93357
1918#1,10244
1917#1,01348
1916#1,05943
1915#1,01243
1914#1,03433
1913#1,04027
1912#90331
1911#1,11316
1910#99719
1909#96118
1908#93918
1907#94516
1906#96515
1905#1,16211
1904#1,00113
1903#96913
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1901#1,2278
1900#1,3199
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1898#1,1719
1897#1,5555
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1894#1,3536
1893#1,4375
1892#1,1717
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1887#1,1475
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1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Creola was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Creola is popular in 1912

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #294 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,435 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #290 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,349 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Creola, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#290 · 1 in 2,349
  2. North Carolina#294 · 1 in 2,435

Best ever in a state: #241 in South Carolina, 1917.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Creola
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
  • Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1912 (#1,113 → #903)
  • Biggest drop: 263 spots in 1921 (#885 → #1,148)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #738 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1906–1910
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,166
  • Highest: 1 in 15,166 girls born in 1880 were named Creola (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 336,763 girls born in 1984 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Creola (475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#738 (1880)#943
1890s32#1,171 (1898)#1,337
1900s121#939 (1908)#1,054
1910s361#903 (1912)#1,021
1920s475#885 (1920)#1,117
1930s307#1,161 (1930)#1,339
1940s212#1,446 (1941)#1,986
1950s140#2,121 (1950)#3,304
1960s59#4,184 (1960)#5,475
1970s13#7,649 (1978)#7,817
1980s11#9,015 (1983)#9,719

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.

Creola in 1912

girls
#903
31 births · 1 in 18,004 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. #903Creola31
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 18,004 of them was named Creola, which outranked 73.8% 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 Creola
  1. #890Susanne32
  2. #890Verlie32
  3. #890Vilma32
  4. #903Creola31
  5. #903Amie31
  6. #903Ardella31
  7. #903Cordie31
  8. #919Aida30
  9. #919Ara30
  10. #919Benita30

Tied with 15 names at #903; 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 →