Girls' name · since 1909
Inola
Inola has 155 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,494 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 155
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Inola is the #9494 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 155 recorded since 1909.
Inola has 155 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9494 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, 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 1909 to 2025.
- #22,425 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,494 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 155 born since 1909
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Inola ranks #22,425 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,494 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 155 born since 1909, peaking in the 1920s.
- #22,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,494 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 155
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Inola's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Oklahoma.
How Inola compares
155 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Inola's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Inola | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 155 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Inola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Inola's full recorded timeline at 1923, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1913, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Inola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (1920)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Inola by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (47 births, 30% of the file).
1920s was Inola's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Inola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 8
1900s
8 births
- 1910s
1910s
40 births
- 1920s
1920s
47 births
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 47 births (30% 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 | 6.5% |
10 of 155 births nationwide.
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What to do with Inola's data
- Inola's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Oklahoma records the most Inolas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Oklahoma names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Inola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~116 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, 1909–2025 (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 Inola 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.