Iola — #11074 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Iola

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,652 babies named Iola between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iola currently holds the #11074 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 368 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Iola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,546 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Iola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 435 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Iola in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Iola 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 9,652 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.