Vola — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vola

The Social Security Administration has registered 677 babies named Vola between 1891 and 1956, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Vola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Vola in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vola 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 677 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.