Veola

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031

Peak · girls
1906 · 19 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,843
since 1892

Veola over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Veola has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #845, 1906girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1979#10,2105
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1971#8,3245
1970#7,0706
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1967#4,9828
1966#4,8668
1965#4,8318
1964#3,87912
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1962#6,5785
1961#4,8828
1960#5,6966
1959#3,61912
1958#3,08515
1957#3,48912
1956#3,49312
1955#2,83916
1954#3,15713
1953#2,81215
1952#3,55210
1951#2,47417
1950#2,18520
1949#2,51416
1948#2,00823
1947#1,60235
1946#1,48135
1945#2,59812
1944#1,54528
1943#1,66426
1942#1,86021
1941#1,75021
1940#1,27234
1939#1,42427
1938#1,07944
1937#1,08543
1936#1,13539
1935#1,21934
1934#1,13339
1933#98549
1932#1,56824
1931#1,02846
1930#1,23237
1929#1,22337
1928#1,09747
1927#1,04254
1926#93164
1925#98857
1924#1,30138
1923#1,17443
1922#1,16843
1921#1,01754
1920#1,02153
1919#1,29735
1918#1,04148
1917#1,02647
1916#1,08742
1915#1,28530
1914#1,34422
1913#92533
1912#1,03225
1911#93222
1910#1,06917
1909#89021
1908#1,20312
1907#1,3849
1906#84519
1905#96815
1904#91016
1903#1,02712
1902#1,07511
1901#1,1369
1900#1,10612
1899#1,1818
1898#1,7005
1897#1,2637
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1895#1,4266
1894#1,2377
1893#1,2776
1892#1,2786
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five girls were named Veola! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Veola is popular in 1929

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedLAMississippi: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,686 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Veola, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#345 · 1 in 2,686

Best ever in a state: #286 in Mississippi, 1938.

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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 Veola
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
  • Biggest jump: 583 spots in 1933 (#1,568 → #985)
  • Biggest drop: 539 spots in 1907 (#845 → #1,384)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1906 at #845 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1907, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1904–1906
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,542
  • Highest: 1 in 15,542 girls born in 1906 were named Veola (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 363,207 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.6% of all girls named Veola (490) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s45#1,181 (1899)#1,337
1900s136#845 (1906)#1,054
1910s321#925 (1913)#1,104
1920s490#931 (1926)#1,096
1930s382#985 (1933)#1,189
1940s251#1,272 (1940)#1,829
1950s142#2,185 (1950)#3,071
1960s55#3,879 (1964)#5,102
1970s16#7,070 (1970)#8,535
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s5#15,031 (2000)#15,031

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.

Veola in 1929

girls
#1,223
37 births · 1 in 30,177 girls

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #1,223Veola37
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 30,177 of them was named Veola, which outranked 76.8% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Veola
  1. #1,212Phyliss38
  2. #1,212Rheba38
  3. #1,212Vickie38
  4. #1,223Veola37
  5. #1,223Alfred37
  6. #1,223Annamarie37
  7. #1,223Clemmie37
  8. #1,244Afton36
  9. #1,244Bernetta36
  10. #1,244Delta36

Tied with 20 names at #1,223; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,951Dorla#2,623 → #672
  2. ↑ 797Ingrid#1,738 → #941
  3. ↑ 534Sydell#1,502 → #968
  4. ↑ 521Elenor#1,502 → #981
  5. ↑ 406Jeanine#888 → #482
Fallers
  1. ↓ 937Joline#888 → #1,825
  2. ↓ 259Mafalda#936 → #1,195
  3. ↓ 250Lorelei#994 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 249Ardelle#888 → #1,137
  5. ↓ 234Charmaine#420 → #654

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

See the top 100 for 1929 →