Lola
Lola was given to 1,132 girls in 2025, #275 among girls’ names; 97,167 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 45,000 Americans named Lola and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (46% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 10 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lola by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lola mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lola is “a female given name from Spanish.”
/ˈloʊlə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lola?
#275 among girls’ names, 2025
Lola fell from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.82 to 0.70 per 1,000.
1,623 babies in 1919, the peak
Lola peaked in 1919, when 1,623 babies were given it (1,617 girls, #142 among girls’ names). The 1,132 births of 2025 are 70% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,132 | #275 | 0.70 |
| 2024 | 1,161 | #272 | 0.72 |
| 2023 | 1,193 | #261 | 0.74 |
| 2022 | 1,202 | #262 | 0.73 |
| 2021 | 1,193 | #258 | 0.73 |
| 2020 | 1,262 | #237 | 0.78 |
| 2019 | 1,298 | #246 | 0.77 |
| 2018 | 1,361 | #238 | 0.80 |
| 2017 | 1,339 | #240 | 0.78 |
| 2016 | 1,390 | #233 | 0.78 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,458 | #224 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 1,390 | #236 | 0.78 |
| 2013 | 1,493 | #213 | 0.85 |
| 2012 | 1,382 | #231 | 0.78 |
| 2011 | 1,313 | #243 | 0.75 |
| 2010 | 1,476 | #211 | 0.83 |
| 2009 | 1,465 | #222 | 0.80 |
| 2008 | 1,410 | #246 | 0.75 |
| 2007 | 1,262 | #271 | 0.66 |
| 2006 | 1,197 | #279 | 0.63 |
| 2005 | 843 | #374 | 0.46 |
| 2004 | 556 | #516 | 0.30 |
| 2003 | 436 | #615 | 0.24 |
| 2002 | 321 | #753 | 0.18 |
| 2001 | 182 | #1,150 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 145 | #1,315 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 72 | #2,119 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,265 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,090 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,994 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,704 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,965 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,539 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,470 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,601 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 70 | #1,960 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 57 | #2,153 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,742 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 74 | #1,654 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,745 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 68 | #1,699 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,648 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 83 | #1,418 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 109 | #1,223 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 105 | #1,242 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 150 | #989 | 0.09 |
| 1979 | 136 | #1,033 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 153 | #928 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 132 | #1,017 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 200 | #737 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 152 | #876 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 154 | #852 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 159 | #828 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 154 | #845 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 181 | #792 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 170 | #817 | 0.10 |
| 1969 | 172 | #782 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 186 | #715 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 186 | #719 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 229 | #632 | 0.14 |
| 1965 | 278 | #575 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 338 | #536 | 0.18 |
| 1963 | 325 | #537 | 0.17 |
| 1962 | 340 | #530 | 0.17 |
| 1961 | 398 | #488 | 0.20 |
| 1960 | 412 | #483 | 0.20 |
| 1959 | 485 | #438 | 0.24 |
| 1958 | 434 | #459 | 0.22 |
| 1957 | 483 | #427 | 0.24 |
| 1956 | 520 | #394 | 0.26 |
| 1955 | 632 | #339 | 0.32 |
| 1954 | 556 | #369 | 0.29 |
| 1953 | 534 | #367 | 0.28 |
| 1952 | 617 | #331 | 0.33 |
| 1951 | 651 | #309 | 0.36 |
| 1950 | 630 | #310 | 0.37 |
| 1949 | 620 | #312 | 0.36 |
| 1948 | 663 | #296 | 0.39 |
| 1947 | 711 | #294 | 0.40 |
| 1946 | 700 | #274 | 0.45 |
| 1945 | 689 | #256 | 0.53 |
| 1944 | 825 | #228 | 0.62 |
| 1943 | 825 | #235 | 0.59 |
| 1942 | 889 | #220 | 0.66 |
| 1941 | 835 | #211 | 0.69 |
| 1940 | 867 | #203 | 0.76 |
| 1939 | 840 | #207 | 0.77 |
| 1938 | 895 | #199 | 0.81 |
| 1937 | 866 | #199 | 0.81 |
| 1936 | 960 | #187 | 0.92 |
| 1935 | 951 | #185 | 0.91 |
| 1934 | 1,091 | #170 | 1.0 |
| 1933 | 1,123 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1932 | 1,194 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 1931 | 1,200 | #156 | 1.1 |
| 1930 | 1,271 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1929 | 1,268 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1928 | 1,295 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1927 | 1,532 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1926 | 1,440 | #162 | 1.2 |
| 1925 | 1,470 | #164 | 1.2 |
| 1924 | 1,538 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1923 | 1,513 | #157 | 1.3 |
| 1922 | 1,478 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1921 | 1,540 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1920 | 1,580 | #147 | 1.3 |
| 1919 | 1,617 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1918 | 1,567 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1917 | 1,493 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1916 | 1,372 | #147 | 1.3 |
| 1915 | 1,420 | #136 | 1.4 |
| 1914 | 1,031 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1913 | 965 | #130 | 1.5 |
| 1912 | 903 | #127 | 1.6 |
| 1911 | 712 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1910 | 685 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1909 | 634 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1908 | 623 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1907 | 639 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1906 | 616 | #108 | 2.1 |
| 1905 | 624 | #103 | 2.1 |
| 1904 | 624 | #99 | 2.3 |
| 1903 | 547 | #104 | 2.1 |
| 1902 | 565 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1901 | 493 | #108 | 2.1 |
| 1900 | 584 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1899 | 437 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1898 | 534 | #108 | 2.1 |
| 1897 | 487 | #107 | 2.1 |
| 1896 | 450 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1895 | 446 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1894 | 407 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1893 | 385 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1892 | 388 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1891 | 337 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1890 | 346 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1889 | 312 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1888 | 304 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 1887 | 246 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1886 | 191 | #138 | 1.3 |
| 1885 | 191 | #132 | 1.4 |
| 1884 | 197 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 1883 | 172 | #122 | 1.5 |
| 1882 | 174 | #118 | 1.6 |
| 1881 | 129 | #125 | 1.4 |
| 1880 | 138 | #117 | 1.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lola a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lola has been given almost only to girls: 275 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lola: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lola, and how old are they?
45,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 46% of the 97,167 Americans ever recorded as Lola. The median Lola alive today is 18 years old; half are between 10 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 41,482 people named Lola (41,379 women and girls, 103 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 43,170 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,770 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,620 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,580 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 997 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 12,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 16,800 |
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 Lola born?
The states with the most babies named Lola are Texas, California and Illinois, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7,410 | #442 | 1.2× |
| California | 6,022 | #299 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 3,372 | #252 | 0.8× |
| New York | 3,154 | #278 | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 3,017 | #417 | 1.5× |
| North Carolina | 3,010 | #287 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 2,886 | #246 | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 2,819 | #183 | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 2,742 | #300 | 1.0× |
| Kentucky | 2,739 | #267 | 1.5× |
Where Lola is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lola is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Lola 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 138,360 babies since 1880, Lola is the most given (70% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,132 of their 1,317 babies (86%), again the most given.
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 Lola
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 Lola and names like it
- Compare Lola and LouBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLola peaked in 1919.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lola since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Lola: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Lola.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lola alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.