Girls' name · since 1960
Voula
Voula has 64 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 64
- total births
- 1960–1980
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
Voula sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 64 recorded since 1960.
Social Security Administration records show Voula recorded 64 times among girls since 1960, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1980.
- 64 total births
- 1960–1980 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 64% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
64 girls have been named Voula since 1960, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1980.
- 64
- total births
- 1960–1980
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
64% of everyone ever named Voula was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Voula in 1971 - its busiest year on record.
Voula's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Voula's full recorded timeline at 1971, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Voula at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Voula popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1980
- Peak year (1971)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1980.
64 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 12 births in a single year.
Voula by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Voula's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Voula births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 41 births (64% of all-time use).
Voula decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Voula's data
- Voula's decade-level peak was the 1970s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Voula: Baby Name Since 1960 - 64 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/voula. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Voula draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.
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