Girls' name · since 1903
Reola
Reola has 810 recorded births since 1903 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 810
- born since 1903
- 1920s
- peak decade
Reola is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 810 have been recorded since 1903.
Reola has 810 recorded births among girls since 1903, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1903 to 1962.
- #8,660 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 810 born since 1903
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reola ranks #8,660 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 810 born since 1903, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 810
- born since 1903
- 1920s
- peak decade
Reola's 810 recorded births place it above 88.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Arkansas.
Reola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reola splits its recorded history at 1933: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1903 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1903–1962
- Peak year (1927)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Reola by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (252 births, 31% of the file).
1920s was Reola's strongest decade.
252 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Reola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 34
1900s
34 births
- 1910s
1910s
139 births
- 1920s
1920s
252 births
- 1930s
1930s
167 births
- 1940s
1940s
113 births
- 1950s 93
1950s
93 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 252 births (31% of all-time use).
How Reola compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Reola's total volume
Reola by state
Where Reola concentrates geographically, total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 103 | 12.7% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 21 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
103 of 810 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Reola's decade-level peak was the 1920s (252 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Arkansas records the most Reolas (103 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Arkansas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Reola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~59 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1903–1962 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Reola draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.