Lola
#275 for girls in 2025, 1,132 births · Last seen for boys in 1944 at #3,109
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1904 · 624 births
- Debut · girls
- 138 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 96,892since 1880
Lola over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #275 | 1,132 | — | |
| 2024 | #271 | 1,161 | — | |
| 2023 | #261 | 1,193 | — | |
| 2022 | #262 | 1,202 | — | |
| 2021 | #258 | 1,193 | — | |
| 2020 | #236 | 1,262 | — | |
| 2019 | #245 | 1,298 | — | |
| 2018 | #238 | 1,361 | — | |
| 2017 | #239 | 1,339 | — | |
| 2016 | #233 | 1,390 | — | |
| 2015 | #224 | 1,458 | — | |
| 2014 | #236 | 1,390 | — | |
| 2013 | #213 | 1,493 | — | |
| 2012 | #231 | 1,382 | — | |
| 2011 | #243 | 1,313 | — | |
| 2010 | #211 | 1,476 | — | |
| 2009 | #222 | 1,465 | — | |
| 2008 | #246 | 1,410 | — | |
| 2007 | #270 | 1,262 | — | |
| 2006 | #279 | 1,197 | — | |
| 2005 | #374 | 843 | — | |
| 2004 | #515 | 556 | — | |
| 2003 | #615 | 436 | — | |
| 2002 | #752 | 321 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,147 | 182 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,310 | 145 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,115 | 72 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,244 | 63 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,070 | 68 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,459 | 52 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,593 | 47 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,952 | 70 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,147 | 57 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,738 | 73 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,647 | 74 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,736 | 67 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,691 | 68 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,633 | 67 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,411 | 83 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,221 | 109 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,239 | 105 | — | |
| 1980 | #986 | 150 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,030 | 136 | — | |
| 1978 | #924 | 153 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,016 | 132 | — | |
| 1976 | #736 | 200 | — | |
| 1975 | #876 | 152 | — | |
| 1974 | #852 | 154 | — | |
| 1973 | #824 | 159 | — | |
| 1972 | #841 | 154 | — | |
| 1971 | #792 | 181 | — | |
| 1970 | #813 | 170 | — | |
| 1969 | #781 | 172 | — | |
| 1968 | #714 | 186 | — | |
| 1967 | #716 | 186 | — | |
| 1966 | #632 | 229 | — | |
| 1965 | #575 | 278 | — | |
| 1964 | #535 | 338 | — | |
| 1963 | #537 | 325 | — | |
| 1962 | #530 | 340 | — | |
| 1961 | #487 | 398 | — | |
| 1960 | #483 | 412 | — | |
| 1959 | #437 | 485 | — | |
| 1958 | #459 | 434 | — | |
| 1957 | #427 | 483 | — | |
| 1956 | #395 | 520 | — | |
| 1955 | #339 | 632 | — | |
| 1954 | #370 | 556 | — | |
| 1953 | #368 | 534 | — | |
| 1952 | #332 | 617 | — | |
| 1951 | #309 | 651 | — | |
| 1950 | #310 | 630 | — | |
| 1949 | #312 | 620 | — | |
| 1948 | #296 | 663 | — | |
| 1947 | #294 | 711 | — | |
| 1946 | #274 | 700 | — | |
| 1945 | #256 | 689 | — | |
| 1944 | #228 | 825 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #235 | 825 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #220 | 889 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #211 | 835 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #203 | 867 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #207 | 840 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #199 | 895 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #199 | 866 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #187 | 960 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #185 | 951 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #170 | 1,091 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #163 | 1,123 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #161 | 1,194 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #156 | 1,200 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #162 | 1,271 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #163 | 1,268 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #164 | 1,295 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #154 | 1,532 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #162 | 1,440 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #164 | 1,470 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #161 | 1,538 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #157 | 1,513 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #161 | 1,478 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #157 | 1,540 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #147 | 1,580 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #142 | 1,617 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #146 | 1,567 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #143 | 1,493 | — | |
| 1916 | #147 | 1,372 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #136 | 1,420 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #144 | 1,031 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #130 | 965 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #127 | 903 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #120 | 712 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #120 | 685 | — | |
| 1909 | #115 | 634 | — | |
| 1908 | #114 | 623 | — | |
| 1907 | #106 | 639 | — | |
| 1906 | #108 | 616 | — | |
| 1905 | #103 | 624 | — | |
| 1904 | #99 | 624 | — | |
| 1903 | #104 | 547 | — | |
| 1902 | #105 | 565 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #107 | 493 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #114 | 584 | — | |
| 1899 | #110 | 437 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #108 | 534 | — | |
| 1897 | #107 | 487 | — | |
| 1896 | #109 | 450 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #110 | 446 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #115 | 407 | — | |
| 1893 | #114 | 385 | — | |
| 1892 | #117 | 388 | — | |
| 1891 | #117 | 337 | — | |
| 1890 | #119 | 346 | — | |
| 1889 | #123 | 312 | — | |
| 1888 | #119 | 304 | — | |
| 1887 | #123 | 246 | — | |
| 1886 | #138 | 191 | — | |
| 1885 | #131 | 191 | — | |
| 1884 | #126 | 197 | — | |
| 1883 | #122 | 172 | — | |
| 1882 | #117 | 174 | — | |
| 1881 | #125 | 129 | — | |
| 1880 | #117 | 138 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lola was already there! It came in at #117, and was given to 138 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1996, when fewer than 46 girls a year got the name.
Where Lola is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#91 · 1 in 293
- Kansas#114 · 1 in 483
- Idaho#119 · 1 in 479
- Oklahoma#119 · 1 in 527
- West Virginia#123 · 1 in 560
Best ever in a state: #17 in Nevada, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #91 | 5 | 1 in 293 |
| Kansas | #114 | 25 | 1 in 483 |
| Idaho | #119 | 8 | 1 in 479 |
| Oklahoma | #119 | 37 | 1 in 527 |
| West Virginia | #123 | 34 | 1 in 560 |
| Kentucky | #130 | 45 | 1 in 581 |
| Nebraska | #130 | 13 | 1 in 699 |
| Missouri | #132 | 42 | 1 in 618 |
| Arkansas | #134 | 30 | 1 in 590 |
| Colorado | #139 | 15 | 1 in 564 |
| Oregon | #147 | 8 | 1 in 753 |
| Alabama | #148 | 47 | 1 in 615 |
| South Dakota | #150 | 6 | 1 in 771 |
| Washington | #154 | 12 | 1 in 860 |
| Utah | #155 | 7 | 1 in 648 |
| Iowa | #164 | 17 | 1 in 1,073 |
| California | #165 | 48 | 1 in 846 |
| New Mexico | #166 | 8 | 1 in 672 |
| Louisiana | #167 | 30 | 1 in 713 |
| Tennessee | #167 | 35 | 1 in 757 |
| Montana | #168 | 5 | 1 in 767 |
| Texas | #172 | 77 | 1 in 726 |
| Mississippi | #177 | 29 | 1 in 763 |
| North Dakota | #181 | 5 | 1 in 986 |
| North Carolina | #190 | 36 | 1 in 1,014 |
| Indiana | #197 | 15 | 1 in 1,600 |
| Illinois | #199 | 35 | 1 in 1,484 |
| Virginia | #204 | 19 | 1 in 1,214 |
| Maryland | #208 | 8 | 1 in 1,486 |
| Georgia | #215 | 27 | 1 in 1,123 |
| Minnesota | #218 | 11 | 1 in 1,845 |
| Arizona | #219 | 5 | 1 in 908 |
| South Carolina | #224 | 15 | 1 in 1,375 |
| Michigan | #249 | 17 | 1 in 2,345 |
| Florida | #250 | 9 | 1 in 1,443 |
| Ohio | #284 | 16 | 1 in 3,033 |
| New York | #289 | 26 | 1 in 3,213 |
| Wisconsin | #297 | 6 | 1 in 3,852 |
| Pennsylvania | #316 | 19 | 1 in 3,767 |
| New Jersey | #352 | 5 | 1 in 4,796 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Lola
- 4 spots since 2024 (#271 → #275)
- 39 spots since 2020 (#236 → #275)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#224 → #275)
- Biggest jump: 395 spots in 2002 (#1,147 → #752)
- Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1977 (#736 → #1,016)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #99 (624 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 61 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1904
- Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–1976
- Highest: 1 in 441 girls born in 1904 were named Lola (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,420 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 15.1% of all girls named Lola (14,654) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #99 (1904) → #3,506 (1993) → #211 (2010)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,054 | #117 (1882) | #124 |
| 1890s | 4,217 | #107 (1897) | #113 |
| 1900s | 5,949 | #99 (1904) | #108 |
| 1910s | 11,765 | #120 (1911) | #136 |
| 1920s | 14,654 | #147 (1920) | #159 |
| 1930s | 10,391 | #156 (1931) | #179 |
| 1940s | 7,624 | #203 (1940) | #253 |
| 1950s | 5,542 | #309 (1951) | #375 |
| 1960s | 2,864 | #483 (1960) | #599 |
| 1970s | 1,591 | #736 (1976) | #870 |
| 1980s | 853 | #986 (1980) | #1,545 |
| 1990s | 528 | #1,952 (1990) | #2,553 |
| 2000s | 7,817 | #222 (2009) | #573 |
| 2010s | 13,900 | #211 (2010) | #231 |
| 2020s | 7,143 | #236 (2020) | #261 |
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.
Lola in 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 1,229 of them was named Lola, which outranked 96.0% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 213,332 of them was named Lola, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 502 names at #3,518; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.