Iolana — #11668 US girls' name
98 babies named Iolana in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Iolana was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Iolana in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iolana
The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Iolana between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iolana currently holds the #11668 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iolana performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Iolana shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Iolana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iolana 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 98 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.
Iolana at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Iolana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #11668 among girls.
98 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 17 births in a single year.
Iolana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 46 births that decade — 47% of Iolana's all-time total
Iolana decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Iolana's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Iolana by state
Where Iolana concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 6.1% |
6 of 98 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.1% 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, 2003–2024 (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.