Lolah — #14430 US girls' name
236 babies named Lolah in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Lolah was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Lolah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lolah
The Social Security Administration has registered 236 babies named Lolah between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lolah currently holds the #14430 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lolah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lolah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. 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 Lolah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lolah 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 236 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.
Lolah at a glance
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Current rank
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Lolah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2009)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #14430 among girls.
236 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 22 births in a single year.
Lolah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 138 births that decade — 58% of Lolah's all-time total
Lolah decade highlights
- Peak decade 138 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lolah's strongest decade
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Lolah by state
Where Lolah concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.5% |
6 of 236 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.5% 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, 2005–2024 (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.