Lolita
Lolita was given to 9 girls in 2025, #10,560 among girls’ names; 8,664 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,130 Americans named Lolita and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 48 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lolita by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lolita mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lolita is “a female given name from Spanish.”
Also “a female given name from Assamese, Bengali, Odia and Santali.”
The name is from Spanish Lolita, diminutive of Lola, from the given name Dolores. The noun derives from the name: see the etymology at lolita for details.
/loʊlˈli.ɾə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lolita?
#10,560 among girls’ names, 2025
Lolita fell from #6,611 in 2015 to #10,560 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 10.6 to 5.6 per million.
432 babies in 1963, the peak
Lolita peaked in 1963, when 432 girls were given it, #468 among girls’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,560 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,725 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,869 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,395 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,004 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,793 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,906 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,969 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,288 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,193 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #6,611 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,183 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,153 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 28 | #5,050 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,256 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,197 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,889 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,518 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,891 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,318 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,704 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,473 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,753 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,210 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,473 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,412 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 17 | #6,081 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,490 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,529 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,972 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,137 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,064 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,179 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,630 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,491 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,115 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,082 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,137 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,637 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,246 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,274 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,691 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,598 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 93 | #1,341 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 98 | #1,300 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 94 | #1,348 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 113 | #1,171 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 94 | #1,292 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 106 | #1,172 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 108 | #1,114 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 113 | #1,050 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 116 | #1,036 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 152 | #850 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 142 | #890 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 186 | #785 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 218 | #709 | 0.12 |
| 1969 | 220 | #669 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 243 | #617 | 0.15 |
| 1967 | 279 | #567 | 0.17 |
| 1966 | 292 | #553 | 0.17 |
| 1965 | 227 | #651 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 285 | #586 | 0.15 |
| 1963 | 432 | #468 | 0.22 |
| 1962 | 298 | #571 | 0.15 |
| 1961 | 122 | #980 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 98 | #1,090 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 128 | #925 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 94 | #1,084 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 108 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 83 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 110 | #942 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 116 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 98 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 89 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 67 | #1,146 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 85 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 71 | #1,051 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 81 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 76 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 63 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 72 | #903 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 66 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 81 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 57 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 83 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 56 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 63 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 68 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 54 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 57 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 54 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 63 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 75 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 67 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 90 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 63 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 62 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 69 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 62 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 60 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 65 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 50 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,053 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 64 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 53 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,171 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,142 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,272 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 44 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,274 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 38 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,454 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,146 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 20 | #924 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 15 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 18 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 18 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 18 | #866 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 25 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 26 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,825 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,511 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,838 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,501 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,433 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lolita a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lolita has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 131 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lolita: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lolita, and how old are they?
6,130 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 8,664 Americans ever recorded as Lolita. The median Lolita alive today is 59 years old; half are between 48 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 9,616 people named Lolita (9,606 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,534 born in the U.S. The Census count is 47% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 354 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,030 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,490 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 732 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 343 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 184 |
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 Lolita born?
The states with the most babies named Lolita are Illinois, California and New York, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 1,108 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| California | 656 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 435 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 301 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Michigan | 215 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 215 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 211 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Virginia | 186 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| District of Columbia | 183 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 142 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Lolita is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lolita is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 Lolita 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 11,732 babies since 1880, Lolita is the most given (74% of them).
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 Lolita
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 Lolita and names like it
- Compare Lolita and LoletaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLolita peaked in 1963.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lolita since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Lolita: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Lolita.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Lolita alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.