Lolly — girls' name
342 babies named Lolly in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Lolly was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Lolly in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lolly
The Social Security Administration has registered 342 babies named Lolly between 1916 and 2023, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lolly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lolly performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lolly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lolly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lolly 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 342 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.
Lolly at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lolly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1916
- Peak year (1959)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
342 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 18 births in a single year.
Lolly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 110 births that decade — 32% of Lolly's all-time total
Lolly decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Lolly's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Lolly by state
Where Lolly concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 342 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.5% 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, 1916–2023 (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.