Girls' name · since 1891
Gola
306 babies named Gola in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 306
- born since 1891
- 1910s
- peak decade
Gola sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 306 recorded since 1891.
Gola has 306 recorded births among girls since 1891, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1891 to 1965.
- #15,724 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 306 born since 1891
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gola ranks #15,724 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 306 born since 1891, peaking in the 1910s.
- #15,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 306
- born since 1891
- 1910s
- peak decade
Gola's 306 recorded births place it above 78.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
Gola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gola's SSA record in two at 1917 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1891, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1914 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gola popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1891–1965
- Peak year (1914)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Gola popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1914 (Gola as boys' name)
Gola by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (89 births, 29% of the file).
1910s was Gola's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Gola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
39 births
- 1900s
1900s
45 births
- 1910s
1910s
89 births
- 1920s
1920s
65 births
- 1930s
1930s
46 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 89 births (29% of all-time use).
Gola by state
Where Gola concentrates geographically, total births since 1891
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 12 | 3.9% |
12 of 306 births nationwide.
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What to do with Gola's data
- Gola's decade-level peak was the 1910s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Golas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1891–1965 (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 Gola 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.