Recorded 1910–1926 Girls' name Peak 1926 16 births

Voila — girls' name

16 babies named Voila in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s101920s6
1910s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Voila was born in this single decade.

1926
Single peak year

6 babies were named Voila in 1926 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Voila

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Voila between 1910 and 1926, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Voila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Voila performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Voila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Voila 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 16 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.

Voila at a glance

Last recorded 1926

Total births

16

Since 1910

17 years of records

Peak year

1926

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1926

Active since

1910

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 1926

Voila popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1910

Last recorded 1926
Peak year (1926)
6
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
4.555.566.5 192619151910 5

Voila by decade

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

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
10 births that decade — 63% of Voila's all-time total
1910s101920s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Voila?
16 babies have been named Voila since 1910. It was last recorded in 1926. The peak year was 1926 with 6 births.
When was Voila most popular?
Voila was most popular in the 1910s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1926.
How long has the name Voila been used?
Voila has been recorded in Social Security data since 1910, spanning 17 years of data through 1926.
What names are similar to Voila?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Voilet, Void. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1910–1926 (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.