Theola — girls' name

What the Data Says About Theola

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,099 babies named Theola between 1895 and 1983, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Theola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Theola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 565 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Theola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Theola in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Theola 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 2,099 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.