Mayola — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mayola

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,211 babies named Mayola between 1898 and 1995, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mayola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 364 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Mayola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Mayola in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mayola 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 1,211 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.