Lolita
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · girls
- 1963 · 432 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,664since 1890
Lolita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lolita has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #10,107 | 9 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #2,072 | 60 |
| 1988 | #2,131 | 54 |
| 1987 | #2,612 | 38 |
| 1986 | #2,228 | 46 |
| 1985 | #2,253 | 45 |
| 1984 | #1,684 | 65 |
| 1983 | #1,585 | 70 |
| 1982 | #1,337 | 93 |
| 1981 | #1,294 | 98 |
| 1980 | #1,337 | 94 |
| 1979 | #1,169 | 113 |
| 1978 | #1,290 | 94 |
| 1977 | #1,170 | 106 |
| 1976 | #1,112 | 108 |
| 1975 | #1,048 | 113 |
| 1974 | #1,033 | 116 |
| 1973 | #847 | 152 |
| 1972 | #888 | 142 |
| 1971 | #781 | 186 |
| 1970 | #708 | 218 |
| 1969 | #669 | 220 |
| 1968 | #616 | 243 |
| 1967 | #567 | 279 |
| 1966 | #553 | 292 |
| 1965 | #649 | 227 |
| 1964 | #586 | 285 |
| 1963 | #468 | 432 |
| 1962 | #570 | 298 |
| 1961 | #978 | 122 |
| 1960 | #1,087 | 98 |
| 1959 | #921 | 128 |
| 1958 | #1,081 | 94 |
| 1957 | #1,002 | 108 |
| 1956 | #1,133 | 83 |
| 1955 | #938 | 110 |
| 1954 | #891 | 116 |
| 1953 | #954 | 98 |
| 1952 | #997 | 89 |
| 1951 | #1,143 | 67 |
| 1950 | #988 | 85 |
| 1949 | #1,121 | 65 |
| 1948 | #1,049 | 71 |
| 1947 | #979 | 81 |
| 1946 | #953 | 76 |
| 1945 | #976 | 63 |
| 1944 | #900 | 72 |
| 1943 | #975 | 66 |
| 1942 | #853 | 81 |
| 1941 | #970 | 57 |
| 1940 | #772 | 83 |
| 1939 | #939 | 56 |
| 1938 | #890 | 63 |
| 1937 | #836 | 68 |
| 1936 | #929 | 54 |
| 1935 | #912 | 57 |
| 1934 | #938 | 54 |
| 1933 | #845 | 63 |
| 1932 | #781 | 75 |
| 1931 | #838 | 67 |
| 1930 | #738 | 90 |
| 1929 | #902 | 63 |
| 1928 | #947 | 62 |
| 1927 | #898 | 69 |
| 1926 | #952 | 62 |
| 1925 | #960 | 60 |
| 1924 | #941 | 65 |
| 1923 | #1,076 | 50 |
| 1922 | #1,044 | 52 |
| 1921 | #928 | 64 |
| 1920 | #1,021 | 53 |
| 1919 | #1,155 | 41 |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 |
| 1917 | #1,261 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 44 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 |
| 1914 | #956 | 38 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 |
| 1909 | #909 | 20 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 |
| 1903 | #666 | 25 |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Illinois#199 · 1 in 1,073
- District of Columbia#286 · 1 in 1,573
- West Virginia#335 · 1 in 2,522
- Maryland#368 · 1 in 3,038
- New York#419 · 1 in 3,472
Best ever in a state: #152 in Hawaii, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #199 | 82 | 1 in 1,073 |
| District of Columbia | #286 | 7 | 1 in 1,573 |
| West Virginia | #335 | 5 | 1 in 2,522 |
| Maryland | #368 | 9 | 1 in 3,038 |
| New York | #419 | 42 | 1 in 3,472 |
| Virginia | #427 | 9 | 1 in 3,808 |
| Michigan | #430 | 17 | 1 in 4,325 |
| Louisiana | #468 | 9 | 1 in 3,560 |
| Kentucky | #485 | 5 | 1 in 4,966 |
| Mississippi | #500 | 5 | 1 in 3,900 |
| New Jersey | #502 | 10 | 1 in 5,160 |
| Alabama | #517 | 6 | 1 in 4,602 |
| Tennessee | #537 | 5 | 1 in 6,066 |
| Indiana | #622 | 5 | 1 in 8,411 |
| Ohio | #627 | 10 | 1 in 8,518 |
| Florida | #679 | 6 | 1 in 7,148 |
| Georgia | #683 | 5 | 1 in 7,736 |
| California | #801 | 16 | 1 in 9,609 |
| Pennsylvania | #810 | 6 | 1 in 14,922 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 31 | #1,202 (1895) | #1,384 |
| 1900s | 168 | #648 (1902) | #996 |
| 1910s | 299 | #956 (1914) | #1,169 |
| 1920s | 600 | #898 (1927) | #967 |
| 1930s | 647 | #738 (1930) | #865 |
| 1940s | 715 | #772 (1940) | #955 |
| 1950s | 978 | #891 (1954) | #1,005 |
| 1960s | 2,496 | #468 (1963) | #674 |
| 1970s | 1,348 | #708 (1970) | #1,005 |
| 1980s | 663 | #1,294 (1981) | #1,853 |
| 1990s | 241 | #3,078 (1990) | #4,480 |
| 2000s | 233 | #4,668 (2003) | #5,637 |
| 2010s | 179 | #4,957 (2012) | #6,981 |
| 2020s | 66 | #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 1966
girls
#553
292 births · 1 in 5,795 girls
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 5,795 of them was named Lolita, which outranked 92.7% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).