Theola
Theola was last recorded in 1983, when 5 babies were given it; 2,099 Americans have been recorded with it between 1895 and 1983 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Theola by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Theola mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Theola is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Theola?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,930, in 1983; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
82 babies in 1924, the peak
Theola peaked in 1924, when 82 girls were given it, #828 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | #11,930 | 3.0 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,833 | 3.1 |
| 1978 | 5 | #11,344 | 3.3 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,474 | 3.4 |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,341 | 4.1 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,315 | 4.2 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,703 | 6.5 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,938 | 3.7 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,595 | 6.1 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,498 | 3.5 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 15 | #3,389 | 8.5 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,976 | 4.7 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,622 | 7.3 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,506 | 5.1 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,793 | 3.5 |
| 1960 | 17 | #3,088 | 8.4 |
| 1959 | 6 | #6,175 | 3.0 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,169 | 5.0 |
| 1957 | 16 | #3,022 | 7.8 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,811 | 9.0 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,546 | 10.2 |
| 1954 | 15 | #3,006 | 7.7 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,508 | 10.1 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,973 | 14.6 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,105 | 12.8 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,905 | 15.2 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,961 | 14.6 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,947 | 14.7 |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,083 | 13.0 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,581 | 20.4 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,512 | 23.0 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,605 | 20.3 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,143 | 12.9 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,626 | 20.0 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,800 | 17.4 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,400 | 26.2 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,583 | 21.9 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,374 | 27.2 |
| 1937 | 45 | #1,068 | 42.3 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,500 | 24.0 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,096 | 39.1 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,288 | 30.6 |
| 1933 | 49 | #997 | 48.6 |
| 1932 | 50 | #1,002 | 46.9 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,122 | 38.5 |
| 1930 | 52 | #1,029 | 46.2 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,155 | 37.6 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,146 | 39.0 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,124 | 39.4 |
| 1926 | 57 | #996 | 48.1 |
| 1925 | 59 | #975 | 48.5 |
| 1924 | 82 | #828 | 65.7 |
| 1923 | 55 | #1,026 | 45.6 |
| 1922 | 55 | #1,019 | 45.8 |
| 1921 | 66 | #918 | 53.5 |
| 1920 | 57 | #977 | 47.6 |
| 1919 | 54 | #980 | 47.8 |
| 1918 | 71 | #858 | 61.3 |
| 1917 | 50 | #995 | 46.2 |
| 1916 | 53 | #948 | 50.8 |
| 1915 | 54 | #899 | 54.9 |
| 1914 | 42 | #918 | 55.1 |
| 1913 | 29 | #1,018 | 46.4 |
| 1912 | 30 | #935 | 53.8 |
| 1911 | 23 | #927 | 55.0 |
| 1910 | 27 | #843 | 68.1 |
| 1909 | 24 | #843 | 69.1 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,041 | 47.9 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,499 | 28.3 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,094 | 44.0 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,291 | 34.3 |
| 1904 | 16 | #933 | 58.1 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,132 | 42.0 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,422 | 30.3 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,919 | 20.9 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,907 | 20.0 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,678 | 23.2 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,566 | 25.2 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,574 | 25.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Theola a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Theola has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 79 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Theola: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Theola, and how old are they?
An estimated 496 Americans named Theola and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 76 years old and half are between 67 and 84. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 641 people named Theola (613 women and girls, 28 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 674 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 2,235 babies since 1880, Theola is the most given (94% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Theola
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Theola and names like it
- Compare Theola and TheliaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sTheola peaked in 1924.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Theola since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Theola.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Theola alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.