Capitola — girls' name

What the Data Says About Capitola

The Social Security Administration has registered 579 babies named Capitola between 1882 and 1956, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Capitola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Capitola performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 212 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Capitola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Capitola in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Capitola in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 579 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.