Leola
Leola was given to 17 girls in 2025, #6,710 among girls’ names; 28,181 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,590 Americans named Leola and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (20% of everyone recorded); the median is 75 years old and half are between 62 and 84.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leola by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Leola?
#6,710 among girls’ names, 2025
Leola rose from #7,135 in 2015 to #6,710 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 9.5 to 10.6 per million.
855 babies in 1920, the peak
Leola peaked in 1920, when 855 babies were given it (849 girls, #226 among girls’ names). The 17 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,710 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,295 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,322 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 37 | #4,009 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,556 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,582 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,610 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,676 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,267 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,819 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | #7,135 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,332 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,594 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 15 | #8,050 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 15 | #8,023 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,554 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,183 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,598 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,347 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 18 | #7,019 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,490 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,360 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,819 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,590 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,375 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,649 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 5 | #15,492 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,365 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,809 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,463 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,235 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,868 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,806 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,122 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,603 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,442 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,963 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,584 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,864 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,756 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,088 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,825 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,485 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,390 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,566 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,495 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,604 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,148 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,121 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,489 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,046 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,792 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,426 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,891 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,644 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,697 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,765 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,673 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 59 | #1,439 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,536 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 77 | #1,261 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 75 | #1,274 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 102 | #1,070 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 101 | #1,093 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 120 | #978 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 113 | #993 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 129 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 150 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 152 | #806 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 159 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 182 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 194 | #641 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 190 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1951 | 228 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 243 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 237 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 218 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 236 | #553 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 241 | #504 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 267 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1944 | 267 | #440 | 0.20 |
| 1943 | 287 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1942 | 300 | #412 | 0.22 |
| 1941 | 318 | #385 | 0.26 |
| 1940 | 323 | #365 | 0.28 |
| 1939 | 363 | #330 | 0.33 |
| 1938 | 379 | #321 | 0.34 |
| 1937 | 350 | #335 | 0.33 |
| 1936 | 396 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1935 | 424 | #294 | 0.40 |
| 1934 | 414 | #308 | 0.40 |
| 1933 | 406 | #306 | 0.40 |
| 1932 | 488 | #281 | 0.46 |
| 1931 | 467 | #287 | 0.44 |
| 1930 | 530 | #283 | 0.47 |
| 1929 | 583 | #266 | 0.52 |
| 1928 | 589 | #266 | 0.51 |
| 1927 | 638 | #262 | 0.54 |
| 1926 | 644 | #263 | 0.54 |
| 1925 | 757 | #240 | 0.62 |
| 1924 | 757 | #242 | 0.61 |
| 1923 | 683 | #248 | 0.57 |
| 1922 | 778 | #232 | 0.65 |
| 1921 | 789 | #230 | 0.64 |
| 1920 | 849 | #226 | 0.71 |
| 1919 | 830 | #216 | 0.73 |
| 1918 | 777 | #227 | 0.67 |
| 1917 | 708 | #232 | 0.65 |
| 1916 | 780 | #218 | 0.75 |
| 1915 | 669 | #233 | 0.68 |
| 1914 | 567 | #222 | 0.74 |
| 1913 | 512 | #205 | 0.82 |
| 1912 | 514 | #190 | 0.92 |
| 1911 | 363 | #197 | 0.87 |
| 1910 | 423 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1909 | 326 | #182 | 0.94 |
| 1908 | 321 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1907 | 310 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1906 | 273 | #182 | 0.92 |
| 1905 | 319 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1904 | 244 | #192 | 0.89 |
| 1903 | 204 | #207 | 0.78 |
| 1902 | 207 | #204 | 0.78 |
| 1901 | 176 | #217 | 0.74 |
| 1900 | 235 | #204 | 0.78 |
| 1899 | 151 | #221 | 0.65 |
| 1898 | 169 | #226 | 0.65 |
| 1897 | 121 | #258 | 0.52 |
| 1896 | 141 | #233 | 0.59 |
| 1895 | 135 | #238 | 0.58 |
| 1894 | 128 | #235 | 0.57 |
| 1893 | 107 | #258 | 0.50 |
| 1892 | 122 | #242 | 0.57 |
| 1891 | 89 | #259 | 0.48 |
| 1890 | 92 | #261 | 0.48 |
| 1889 | 102 | #232 | 0.57 |
| 1888 | 72 | #274 | 0.40 |
| 1887 | 38 | #351 | 0.26 |
| 1886 | 49 | #294 | 0.34 |
| 1885 | 53 | #274 | 0.40 |
| 1884 | 59 | #255 | 0.46 |
| 1883 | 51 | #255 | 0.45 |
| 1882 | 47 | #254 | 0.44 |
| 1881 | 36 | #271 | 0.39 |
| 1880 | 24 | #331 | 0.26 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Leola a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leola has been given almost only to girls: 52 boys in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Leola: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leola, and how old are they?
5,590 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 20% of the 28,181 Americans ever recorded as Leola. The median Leola alive today is 75 years old; half are between 62 and 84.
The 2020 Census counted 5,946 people named Leola (5,935 women and girls, 11 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,436 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,830 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,360 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 613 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 265 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 175 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 276 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Leola born?
The states with the most babies named Leola are Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2,319 | not ranked | 4.5× |
| Georgia | 1,851 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Alabama | 1,675 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Texas | 1,583 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Mississippi | 1,435 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| South Carolina | 1,424 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Florida | 892 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Arkansas | 848 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| North Carolina | 806 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 578 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Leola is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Leola is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 4.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Leola with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 210,701 babies since 1880, Leola is the fourth most given (13% of them). In 2025 it was given to 17 of their 3,310 babies (<1%), the seventh most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Leola
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Leola and names like it
- Compare Leola and LeilaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLeola peaked in 1920.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leola since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Leola.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Leola alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.