Lolita

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
1963 · 432 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,664
since 1890

Lolita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lolita has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #468, 1963girls
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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#10,1079
2024#11,1228
2023#7,64014
2022#9,05611
2021#9,56210
2020#7,55914
2019#6,69817
2018#6,79217
2017#7,09216
2016#8,87512
2015#6,45219
2014#6,98717
2013#6,01721
2012#4,95728
2011#6,14821
2010#9,79011
2009#4,80530
2008#5,43426
2007#4,80830
2006#5,23326
2005#6,52818
2004#5,37723
2003#4,66827
2002#8,83711
2001#5,36421
2000#5,31221
1999#5,89617
1998#5,36319
1997#5,41718
1996#4,88320
1995#5,01919
1994#4,01626
1993#4,10025
1992#3,58130
1991#3,44331
1990#3,07836
1989#2,07260
1988#2,13154
1987#2,61238
1986#2,22846
1985#2,25345
1984#1,68465
1983#1,58570
1982#1,33793
1981#1,29498
1980#1,33794
1979#1,169113
1978#1,29094
1977#1,170106
1976#1,112108
1975#1,048113
1974#1,033116
1973#847152
1972#888142
1971#781186
1970#708218
1969#669220
1968#616243
1967#567279
1966#553292
1965#649227
1964#586285
1963#468432
1962#570298
1961#978122
1960#1,08798
1959#921128
1958#1,08194
1957#1,002108
1956#1,13383
1955#938110
1954#891116
1953#95498
1952#99789
1951#1,14367
1950#98885
1949#1,12165
1948#1,04971
1947#97981
1946#95376
1945#97663
1944#90072
1943#97566
1942#85381
1941#97057
1940#77283
1939#93956
1938#89063
1937#83668
1936#92954
1935#91257
1934#93854
1933#84563
1932#78175
1931#83867
1930#73890
1929#90263
1928#94762
1927#89869
1926#95262
1925#96060
1924#94165
1923#1,07650
1922#1,04452
1921#92864
1920#1,02153
1919#1,15541
1918#1,12643
1917#1,26133
1916#1,04344
1915#1,25831
1914#95638
1913#1,09125
1912#1,42115
1911#1,11316
1910#1,26713
1909#90920
1908#1,04415
1907#99015
1906#87218
1905#87218
1904#85318
1903#66625
1902#64826
1901#1,6795
1900#1,4318
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1898#1,7005
1897#1,2637
1896#1,4166
1895#1,2028
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1890#1,3385
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Lolita! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lolita is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedMNIllinois: #542 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,186 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #330 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,625 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #435 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,603 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lolita, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#330 · 1 in 2,625
  2. Louisiana#435 · 1 in 3,603
  3. Illinois#542 · 1 in 8,186

Best ever in a state: #152 in Hawaii, 1934.

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Louisiana#43561 in 3,603
Illinois#54271 in 8,186
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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 Lolita
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,015 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,107)
  • 2,548 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #10,107)
  • 3,655 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 1,031 spots in 1902 (#1,679 → #648)
  • Biggest drop: 358 spots in 1910 (#909 → #1,267)
Rise & fade · girls
73 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1963 at #468 (432 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1924–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,462
  • Highest: 1 in 4,462 girls born in 1963 were named Lolita (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 28.8% of all girls named Lolita (2,496) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s31#1,202 (1895)#1,384
1900s168#648 (1902)#996
1910s299#956 (1914)#1,169
1920s600#898 (1927)#967
1930s647#738 (1930)#865
1940s715#772 (1940)#955
1950s978#891 (1954)#1,005
1960s2,496#468 (1963)#674
1970s1,348#708 (1970)#1,005
1980s663#1,294 (1981)#1,853
1990s241#3,078 (1990)#4,480
2000s233#4,668 (2003)#5,637
2010s179#4,957 (2012)#6,981
2020s66#7,559 (2020)#9,174

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.

Lolita in 1928

girls
#947
62 births · 1 in 18,602 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #947Lolita62
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 18,602 of them was named Lolita, which outranked 82.6% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lolita
  1. #936Louis63
  2. #936Mafalda63
  3. #936Marina63
  4. #947Lolita62
  5. #947Aida62
  6. #947Melvin62
  7. #947Myrle62
  8. #954Augustine61
  9. #954Bettylou61
  10. #954Carl61

Tied with 6 names at #947; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →