Girls' name · peaked in 1904

Lola name popularity since 1925

65,408 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lola. Half of them were born in 1965 or earlier, so the typical Lola is about 61 years old in 2026. Lola peaked in 1904 as the #99 name for girls, and it ranked #275 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 65,408; Named Lola, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1904; #99 for girls that year
Typical age: About 61; Median birth year 1965
In 2025: #275; for girls in 2025 (1,132 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.8% girls; 65,258 girls · 150 boys
Most popular in: Arkansas; 2.38× its national share

Peak year is the year Lola made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Lola births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 1927. Measured as a share of all babies, Lola peaked earlier, in 1904.

Steepest fall: Between 1976 and 1981, Lola's share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 7,330 to 1 in 15,900.
Fastest rise: Between 2001 and 2006, it became 6.2× more common, from 1 in 9,890 baby girls to 1 in 1,590.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lola's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lola.

Decade by decade

Babies named Lola in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	7,005	46	–
1930s	10,391	65	#185
1940s	7,624	39	#256
1950s	5,542	0	#339
1960s	2,864	0	#575
1970s	1,591	0	#876
1980s	853	0	#1,700
1990s	528	0	#2,709
2000s	7,817	0	#374
2010s	13,900	0	#224
2020–25	7,143	0	#275

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

27.5% of babies named Lola from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:

Where Lola is most popular

The index compares Lola's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lola.

State	Index	Babies
Arkansas	2.38×	1,528
Idaho	2.13×	530
Oklahoma	2.00×	1,632
Utah	1.89×	1,007
Alabama	1.83×	2,031

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lola's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lola.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Lola (1904).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data