Neola — girls' name

What the Data Says About Neola

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,014 babies named Neola between 1888 and 2021, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 310 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Neola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kansas and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Neola in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neola 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 1,014 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.