Iola
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1907 · 169 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,659since 1880
Iola over time
Rank among girls' names. Iola has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 |
| 1959 | #1,918 | 34 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 |
| 1955 | #1,516 | 45 |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,531 | 41 |
| 1952 | #1,178 | 65 |
| 1951 | #1,332 | 49 |
| 1950 | #1,171 | 62 |
| 1949 | #1,201 | 57 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 59 |
| 1947 | #1,183 | 58 |
| 1946 | #1,148 | 55 |
| 1945 | #824 | 83 |
| 1944 | #993 | 61 |
| 1943 | #965 | 67 |
| 1942 | #873 | 78 |
| 1941 | #802 | 81 |
| 1940 | #721 | 93 |
| 1939 | #698 | 95 |
| 1938 | #642 | 114 |
| 1937 | #683 | 99 |
| 1936 | #600 | 120 |
| 1935 | #520 | 152 |
| 1934 | #587 | 123 |
| 1933 | #522 | 148 |
| 1932 | #505 | 168 |
| 1931 | #506 | 164 |
| 1930 | #491 | 184 |
| 1929 | #470 | 202 |
| 1928 | #461 | 224 |
| 1927 | #463 | 228 |
| 1926 | #463 | 221 |
| 1925 | #437 | 250 |
| 1924 | #426 | 272 |
| 1923 | #452 | 229 |
| 1922 | #378 | 297 |
| 1921 | #388 | 296 |
| 1920 | #363 | 327 |
| 1919 | #395 | 268 |
| 1918 | #339 | 368 |
| 1917 | #359 | 303 |
| 1916 | #347 | 317 |
| 1915 | #350 | 289 |
| 1914 | #310 | 283 |
| 1913 | #325 | 216 |
| 1912 | #342 | 181 |
| 1911 | #357 | 125 |
| 1910 | #293 | 175 |
| 1909 | #280 | 162 |
| 1908 | #280 | 156 |
| 1907 | #264 | 169 |
| 1906 | #388 | 78 |
| 1905 | #378 | 80 |
| 1904 | #412 | 61 |
| 1903 | #384 | 68 |
| 1902 | #429 | 52 |
| 1901 | #392 | 56 |
| 1900 | #392 | 71 |
| 1899 | #430 | 46 |
| 1898 | #379 | 67 |
| 1897 | #397 | 53 |
| 1896 | #409 | 49 |
| 1895 | #404 | 48 |
| 1894 | #418 | 44 |
| 1893 | #404 | 44 |
| 1892 | #360 | 54 |
| 1891 | #413 | 36 |
| 1890 | #475 | 30 |
| 1889 | #393 | 38 |
| 1888 | #356 | 45 |
| 1887 | #435 | 26 |
| 1886 | #476 | 21 |
| 1885 | #470 | 20 |
| 1884 | #398 | 25 |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 |
| 1882 | #458 | 16 |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 |
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 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#176 · 1 in 1,028
- Iowa#248 · 1 in 1,987
- Alabama#312 · 1 in 2,502
- Arkansas#315 · 1 in 2,063
- South Carolina#316 · 1 in 2,742
Best ever in a state: #61 in Montana, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #176 | 11 | 1 in 1,028 |
| Iowa | #248 | 10 | 1 in 1,987 |
| Alabama | #312 | 13 | 1 in 2,502 |
| Arkansas | #315 | 10 | 1 in 2,063 |
| South Carolina | #316 | 8 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Wisconsin | #324 | 6 | 1 in 3,954 |
| North Carolina | #345 | 11 | 1 in 3,491 |
| Florida | #355 | 6 | 1 in 2,790 |
| Michigan | #370 | 9 | 1 in 4,549 |
| Minnesota | #376 | 5 | 1 in 4,337 |
| Illinois | #378 | 13 | 1 in 4,580 |
| Louisiana | #382 | 8 | 1 in 2,978 |
| Pennsylvania | #408 | 13 | 1 in 7,039 |
| Kentucky | #429 | 6 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Georgia | #448 | 6 | 1 in 5,286 |
| California | #450 | 8 | 1 in 4,516 |
| Missouri | #484 | 5 | 1 in 6,051 |
| Mississippi | #489 | 5 | 1 in 4,743 |
| Ohio | #496 | 6 | 1 in 9,054 |
| Oklahoma | #497 | 5 | 1 in 5,003 |
| New York | #531 | 9 | 1 in 10,952 |
| Texas | #672 | 9 | 1 in 6,644 |
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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 Iola
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1907 at #264 (169 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1945
- 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%)
- 26.4% of all girls named Iola (2,546) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 233 | #356 (1888) | #440 |
| 1890s | 471 | #360 (1892) | #409 |
| 1900s | 953 | #264 (1907) | #360 |
| 1910s | 2,525 | #293 (1910) | #342 |
| 1920s | 2,546 | #363 (1920) | #430 |
| 1930s | 1,367 | #491 (1930) | #575 |
| 1940s | 692 | #721 (1940) | #988 |
| 1950s | 437 | #1,171 (1950) | #1,627 |
| 1960s | 164 | #2,307 (1960) | #3,786 |
| 1970s | 79 | #4,720 (1974) | #6,819 |
| 1980s | 40 | #6,804 (1981) | #9,059 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 19 | #13,606 (2006) | #15,011 |
| 2010s | 78 | #7,092 (2017) | #12,089 |
| 2020s | 55 | #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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 5,364 of them was named Iola, which outranked 91.8% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #460Ima223
- #461Emogene222
- #461Madeleine222
- #463Iola221
- #463Dessie221
- #463Edwina221
- #463Evangeline221
- #468Millicent220
- #469Roxie217
- #470Marjory216
Tied with 4 names at #463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.