Iola

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1907 · 169 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,659
since 1880

Iola over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Iola has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #264, 1907girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#11,1228
2023#10,3129
2022#10,3839
2021#8,97811
2020#8,95311
2019#15,5395
2018—
2017#7,09216
2016#9,41111
2015#9,48111
2014#13,0697
2013#14,5826
2012#13,4837
2011#11,1819
2010#14,9596
2009—
2008#17,5045
2007#13,9247
2006#13,6067
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989#10,8476
1988—
1987—
1986#7,7498
1985—
1984—
1983#8,0477
1982#10,5175
1981#6,8049
1980#10,3925
1979#5,42712
1978#8,5626
1977#6,8928
1976#9,2845
1975#6,4848
1974#4,72012
1973#5,5809
1972#6,5587
1971#8,3245
1970#6,3627
1969#7,4715
1968#7,0165
1967#3,34015
1966#3,14816
1965#2,68421
1964#3,24416
1963#3,63513
1962#2,53923
1961#2,47424
1960#2,30726
1959#1,91834
1958#2,66319
1957#1,78437
1956#1,66241
1955#1,51645
1954#1,51844
1953#1,53141
1952#1,17865
1951#1,33249
1950#1,17162
1949#1,20157
1948#1,17359
1947#1,18358
1946#1,14855
1945#82483
1944#99361
1943#96567
1942#87378
1941#80281
1940#72193
1939#69895
1938#642114
1937#68399
1936#600120
1935#520152
1934#587123
1933#522148
1932#505168
1931#506164
1930#491184
1929#470202
1928#461224
1927#463228
1926#463221
1925#437250
1924#426272
1923#452229
1922#378297
1921#388296
1920#363327
1919#395268
1918#339368
1917#359303
1916#347317
1915#350289
1914#310283
1913#325216
1912#342181
1911#357125
1910#293175
1909#280162
1908#280156
1907#264169
1906#38878
1905#37880
1904#41261
1903#38468
1902#42952
1901#39256
1900#39271
1899#43046
1898#37967
1897#39753
1896#40949
1895#40448
1894#41844
1893#40444
1892#36054
1891#41336
1890#47530
1889#39338
1888#35645
1887#43526
1886#47621
1885#47020
1884#39825
1883#53613
1882#45816
1881#44714
1880#43515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Iola was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1984–1985, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Iola is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Iola
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 810 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #11,932)
  • 2,979 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #11,932)
  • 2,451 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 169 spots in 1945 (#993 → #824)
  • Biggest drop: 324 spots in 1946 (#824 → #1,148)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1907 at #264 (169 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,885
  • Highest: 1 in 1,885 girls born in 1907 were named Iola (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.4% of all girls named Iola (2,546) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s233#356 (1888)#440
1890s471#360 (1892)#409
1900s953#264 (1907)#360
1910s2,525#293 (1910)#342
1920s2,546#363 (1920)#430
1930s1,367#491 (1930)#575
1940s692#721 (1940)#988
1950s437#1,171 (1950)#1,627
1960s164#2,307 (1960)#3,786
1970s79#4,720 (1974)#6,819
1980s40#6,804 (1981)#9,059
1990s0——
2000s19#13,606 (2006)#15,011
2010s78#7,092 (2017)#12,089
2020s55#8,953 (2020)#10,280

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.

Iola in 1892

girls
#360
54 births · 1 in 3,932 girls

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #360Iola54
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 3,932 of them was named Iola, which outranked 78.3% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iola
  1. #351Zelma56
  2. #358Elisabeth55
  3. #358Lilla55
  4. #360Iola54
  5. #360Ava54
  6. #360Helene54
  7. #360John54
  8. #365Bella53
  9. #365Isabell53
  10. #365Malinda53

Tied with 4 names at #360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Lollie#1,093 → #540
  2. ↑ 536Leonore#1,332 → #796
  3. ↑ 528Gwendolyn#1,213 → #685
  4. ↑ 507Antonette#1,213 → #706
  5. ↑ 507Monnie#1,213 → #706
Fallers
  1. ↓ 700Nathalie#750 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 654Eudora#624 → #1,278
  3. ↓ 611Leva#839 → #1,450
  4. ↓ 611Roy#839 → #1,450
  5. ↓ 609Pollie#669 → #1,278

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →