Loleta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Loleta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,021 babies named Loleta between 1908 and 1987, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loleta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loleta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Loleta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loleta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loleta 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 1,021 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.