Yola — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yola

The Social Security Administration has registered 587 babies named Yola between 1900 and 1983, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 238 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Yola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 104 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Yola in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yola 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 587 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.