Neola
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 16 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,014since 1888
Neola over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Neola has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,279 | 39 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,403 | 33 |
| 1921 | #1,437 | 32 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1918 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,127 | 39 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | #926 | 16 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | |
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| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 |
| 1887 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Neola! It came in at #959, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Neola is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Neola in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1905
- Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1906
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1905 at #926 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1888–1905
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,226
- Highest: 1 in 18,226 girls born in 1905 were named Neola (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 30.6% of all girls named Neola (310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #959 (1888) | #992 |
| 1890s | 24 | #1,237 (1894) | #1,449 |
| 1900s | 94 | #926 (1905) | #1,360 |
| 1910s | 258 | #1,127 (1916) | #1,294 |
| 1920s | 310 | #1,279 (1924) | #1,476 |
| 1930s | 182 | #1,459 (1931) | #1,884 |
| 1940s | 87 | #2,046 (1942) | #3,101 |
| 1950s | 34 | #3,269 (1953) | #5,089 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,215 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
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.
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