Girls' name · since 1880
Eola
740 babies named Eola in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 740
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Eola is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 740 have been recorded since 1880.
Eola has 740 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1956.
- #9,204 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 740 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eola ranks #9,204 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 740 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 740
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Eola's 740 recorded births place it above 87.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Eola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eola's full recorded timeline at 1920, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1956
- Peak year (1922)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Eola by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (208 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Eola's strongest decade.
208 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Eola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 6
1880s
6 births
- 1890s 74
1890s
74 births
- 1900s 78
1900s
78 births
- 1910s
1910s
199 births
- 1920s
1920s
208 births
- 1930s
1930s
103 births
- 1940s 61
1940s
61 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 208 births (28% of all-time use).
How Eola compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Eola's total volume
Eola by state
Where Eola concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 124 | 16.8% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
124 of 740 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Eola's data
- Eola's decade-level peak was the 1920s (208 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Eolas (124 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~76 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eola draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.