Dola — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dola

The Social Security Administration has registered 994 babies named Dola between 1886 and 1972, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dola performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Dola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Dola in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dola 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 994 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.