Inola — #13505 US girls' name
145 babies named Inola in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 24% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Inola was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Inola in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Inola
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Inola between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Inola currently holds the #13505 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Inola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Inola shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Inola in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Inola 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 145 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.
Inola at a glance
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Current rank
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Inola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1909
- Peak year (1920)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 116 years of records
Currently ranks #13505 among girls.
145 total births across 116 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 11 births in a single year.
Inola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 47 births that decade — 32% of Inola's all-time total
Inola decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Inola's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Inola by state
Where Inola concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 10 | 6.9% |
10 of 145 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 6.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 6.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1909–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.