Gola — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gola

The Social Security Administration has registered 306 babies named Gola between 1891 and 1965, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gola performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gola in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gola 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 306 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.