Rola — girls' name
164 babies named Rola in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Rola was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Rola in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rola
The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Rola between 1923 and 2020, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rola performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rola 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 164 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.
Rola at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1923
- Peak year (1984)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
164 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 11 births in a single year.
Rola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 59 births that decade — 36% of Rola's all-time total
Rola decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rola's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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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, 1923–2020 (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.