Leola — #6144 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leola

The Social Security Administration has registered 28,112 babies named Leola between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leola currently holds the #6144 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 849 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7,067 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Leola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 2,319 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Leola in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leola 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 28,112 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.