Iola

Where Iola comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”), evoking the flower's symbolism of modesty and beauty.
— Wiktionary's entry for Iola
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #435 among girls — 15 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1907
    Peak, #264
    169 babies named Iola — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1936
    Iola Williams born
    American politician, civil rights activist and museum executive
  4. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #802.
  5. 1977
    Iola Leal Riesco born
    Environmental activist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Iola Leal Riesco · Environmental activist, born 1977
  • Iola Williams · American politician, civil rights activist and museum executive, 1936–2019

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.