Shola — unisex name

What the Data Says About Shola

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Shola between 1979 and 2019, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Shola is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1989.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shola performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shola 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 32 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.