Olla — girls' name
552 babies named Olla in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Olla was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Olla in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olla
The Social Security Administration has registered 552 babies named Olla between 1886 and 1952, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Olla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olla performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Olla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Olla in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olla 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 552 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.
Olla at a glance
Last recorded 1952Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Olla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1886
- Peak year (1921)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1952.
552 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 25 births in a single year.
Olla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 150 births that decade — 27% of Olla's all-time total
Olla decade highlights
- Peak decade 150 births
- Runner-up 138 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Olla's strongest decade
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Olla by state
Where Olla concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 0.9% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 0.9% 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, 1886–1952 (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.