Recorded 1912–2015 Girls' name Peak 1935 826 births

Soila — girls' name

826 babies named Soila in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1930s
Peak decade

14% of everyone ever named Soila was born in this single decade.

1935
Single peak year

27 babies were named Soila in 1935 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Soila

The Social Security Administration has registered 826 babies named Soila between 1912 and 2015, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Soila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Soila performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Soila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 472 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Soila in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Soila 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 826 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.

Soila at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

826

Since 1912

104 years of records

Peak year

1935

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 1930s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1912

Recorded for 104 years

Last year on file: 2015

Soila popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1912

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1935)
27
Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
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Soila by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1930s
Peak decade
1930s
119 births that decade — 14% of Soila's all-time total
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Soila by state

Where Soila concentrates geographically — total births since 1912

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Soila
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
472 57.1%
#2 California
48 5.8%
Texas share of Soila's total US births 57.1%
Even split

472 of 826 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Soila?
826 babies have been named Soila since 1912. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1935 with 27 births.
When was Soila most popular?
Soila was most popular in the 1930s decade with 119 total births. The single peak year was 1935.
Where is Soila most popular?
The top states for the name Soila are Texas (472 births), California (48 births).
How long has the name Soila been used?
Soila has been recorded in Social Security data since 1912, spanning 104 years of data through 2015.

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, 1912–2015 (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.