Leola
Leola is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. Its best rank was 166th, in 1905, 1910.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1920849 births
- Best rank
- #166first in 1905
- Since 1880
- 28,112people given the name
The story in the numbers
28,112 girls have been named Leola in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 849 births.
The name has all but left use: 19 births in 2024, against 849 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1924, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 81 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Leola | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 531 | |
| 1890s | 1,255 | |
| 1900s | 2,615 | |
| 1910s | 6,143 | |
| 1920s | 7,067 | |
| 1930s | 4,217 | |
| 1940s | 2,694 | |
| 1950s | 1,740 | |
| 1960s | 730 | |
| 1970s | 372 | |
| 1980s | 224 | |
| 1990s | 105 | |
| 2000s | 116 | |
| 2010s | 183 | |
| 2020s | 120 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Leola was the 226th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Leola
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leonapeak 1918
- Zelmapeak 1919
- Alvertapeak 1918
- Inezpeak 1920
- Iolapeak 1918
- Albertapeak 1919
- Ionepeak 1920
- Rosamondpeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.