Vola
Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · Last seen for boys in 1921 at #3,869
Given to girls 97.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 677since 1891
Vola over time
Rank among girls' names. Vola has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
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| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,380 | 28 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
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| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Vola! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Vola is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#381 · 1 in 3,573
Best ever in a state: #288 in Tennessee, 1912.
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| Tennessee | #381 | 6 | 1 in 3,573 |
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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 Vola
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1956
- Biggest drop: 597 spots in 1896 (#986 → #1,583)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1895 at #986 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1895
- Highest: 1 in 21,239 girls born in 1895 were named Vola (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 401,541 girls born in 1956 (0.00%)
- 29.4% of all girls named Vola (199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1890s | 48 | #986 (1895) | #1,326 |
| 1900s | 90 | #1,052 (1909) | #1,376 |
| 1910s | 179 | #1,055 (1912) | #1,662 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,341 (1921) | #2,081 |
| 1930s | 108 | #2,024 (1931) | #2,829 |
| 1940s | 33 | #3,208 (1940) | #4,169 |
| 1950s | 20 | #5,301 (1950) | #5,642 |
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.
Vola in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 54,658 of them was named Vola, which outranked 63.8% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,738Will19
- #1,738Wilmina19
- #1,738Zera19
- #1,800Vola18
- #1,800Agness18
- #1,800Ailene18
- #1,800Alean18
- #1,883Albena17
- #1,883Aldea17
- #1,883Alwilda17
Tied with 82 names at #1,800; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.