Girls' name · since 1882
Loda
166 babies named Loda in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1882
- 1910s
- peak decade
Loda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 166 recorded since 1882.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loda has been recorded 166 times among girls since 1882, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 1941.
- #21,732 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 166 born since 1882
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loda ranks #21,732 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1882, peaking in the 1910s.
- #21,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1882
- 1910s
- peak decade
Loda's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Loda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Loda's full recorded timeline at 1918, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1882, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Loda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–1941
- Peak year (1916)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Loda by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (63 births, 38% of the file).
1910s was Loda's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Loda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 10
1880s
10 births
- 1890s
1890s
26 births
- 1900s 8
1900s
8 births
- 1910s
1910s
63 births
- 1920s
1920s
39 births
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 63 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Loda's decade-level peak was the 1910s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Loda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1882–1941 (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 Loda 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.