Leola
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1937 at #3,518
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 423 births
- Debut · girls
- 24 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,129since 1880
Leola over time
Rank among girls' names. Leola has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,637 | 57 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,685 | 51 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,254 | 77 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,271 | 75 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,066 | 102 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,090 | 101 | — | |
| 1960 | #976 | 120 | — | |
| 1959 | #993 | 113 | — | |
| 1958 | #900 | 129 | — | |
| 1957 | #827 | 150 | — | |
| 1956 | #806 | 152 | — | |
| 1955 | #750 | 159 | — | |
| 1954 | #695 | 182 | — | |
| 1953 | #642 | 194 | — | |
| 1952 | #644 | 190 | — | |
| 1951 | #560 | 228 | — | |
| 1950 | #532 | 243 | — | |
| 1949 | #541 | 237 | — | |
| 1948 | #564 | 218 | — | |
| 1947 | #552 | 236 | — | |
| 1946 | #503 | 241 | — | |
| 1945 | #438 | 267 | — | |
| 1944 | #440 | 267 | — | |
| 1943 | #435 | 287 | — | |
| 1942 | #412 | 300 | — | |
| 1941 | #383 | 318 | — | |
| 1940 | #364 | 323 | — | |
| 1939 | #330 | 363 | — | |
| 1938 | #321 | 379 | — | |
| 1937 | #334 | 350 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #302 | 396 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #293 | 424 | — | |
| 1934 | #308 | 414 | — | |
| 1933 | #305 | 406 | — | |
| 1932 | #281 | 488 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #287 | 467 | — | |
| 1930 | #283 | 530 | — | |
| 1929 | #265 | 583 | — | |
| 1928 | #266 | 589 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #262 | 638 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #262 | 644 | — | |
| 1925 | #240 | 757 | — | |
| 1924 | #242 | 757 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #248 | 683 | — | |
| 1922 | #232 | 778 | — | |
| 1921 | #230 | 789 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #226 | 849 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #216 | 830 | — | |
| 1918 | #227 | 777 | — | |
| 1917 | #231 | 708 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #218 | 780 | — | |
| 1915 | #233 | 669 | — | |
| 1914 | #222 | 567 | — | |
| 1913 | #205 | 512 | — | |
| 1912 | #190 | 514 | — | |
| 1911 | #196 | 363 | — | |
| 1910 | #166 | 423 | — | |
| 1909 | #181 | 326 | — | |
| 1908 | #179 | 321 | — | |
| 1907 | #180 | 310 | — | |
| 1906 | #182 | 273 | — | |
| 1905 | #166 | 319 | — | |
| 1904 | #192 | 244 | — | |
| 1903 | #207 | 204 | — | |
| 1902 | #204 | 207 | — | |
| 1901 | #217 | 176 | — | |
| 1900 | #204 | 235 | — | |
| 1899 | #221 | 151 | — | |
| 1898 | #225 | 169 | — | |
| 1897 | #257 | 121 | — | |
| 1896 | #233 | 141 | — | |
| 1895 | #238 | 135 | — | |
| 1894 | #234 | 128 | — | |
| 1893 | #256 | 107 | — | |
| 1892 | #239 | 122 | — | |
| 1891 | #258 | 89 | — | |
| 1890 | #261 | 92 | — | |
| 1889 | #232 | 102 | — | |
| 1888 | #273 | 72 | — | |
| 1887 | #348 | 38 | — | |
| 1886 | #294 | 49 | — | |
| 1885 | #272 | 53 | — | |
| 1884 | #253 | 59 | — | |
| 1883 | #252 | 51 | — | |
| 1882 | #250 | 47 | — | |
| 1881 | #268 | 36 | — | |
| 1880 | #326 | 24 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leola was already there! It came in at #326, and was given to 24 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leola is popular in 1899
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Leola
- 379 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #6,546)
- 1,059 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #6,546)
- 431 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1888 (#348 → #273)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1961 (#976 → #1,090)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #166 (423 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1960
- Highest: 1 in 914 girls born in 1905 were named Leola (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #166 in 1910, was only 1 in 937 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.1% of all girls named Leola (7,067) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 531 | #232 (1889) | #277 |
| 1890s | 1,255 | #221 (1899) | #242 |
| 1900s | 2,615 | #166 (1905) | #191 |
| 1910s | 6,143 | #166 (1910) | #210 |
| 1920s | 7,067 | #226 (1920) | #247 |
| 1930s | 4,217 | #281 (1932) | #304 |
| 1940s | 2,694 | #364 (1940) | #463 |
| 1950s | 1,740 | #532 (1950) | #735 |
| 1960s | 730 | #976 (1960) | #1,371 |
| 1970s | 372 | #1,637 (1970) | #2,339 |
| 1980s | 224 | #2,537 (1980) | #3,910 |
| 1990s | 105 | #4,523 (1990) | #9,156 |
| 2000s | 116 | #6,840 (2006) | #8,744 |
| 2010s | 183 | #4,546 (2019) | #6,923 |
| 2020s | 137 | #3,963 (2022) | #5,638 |
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.
Leola in 1899
Top girls' names in 1899
More about 1899
girls
233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 1,543 of them was named Leola, which outranked 88.0% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.