Nola

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Nola is ranked 766th among girls in 2024 (367 births). Its best rank was 254th, in 1894.

Rank in 2024: #766down 26 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3670.02% of girls
Peak year: 2020537 births
Best rank: #254in 1894
Since 1880: 25,927people given the name

Babies named Nola, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

25,927 girls have been named Nola in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 537 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 2010s alone account for 14%. It has spent 102 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Nola
1880s	424
1890s	929
1900s	1,334
1910s	2,630
1920s	3,163
1930s	3,001
1940s	2,475
1950s	2,183
1960s	1,130
1970s	516
1980s	422
1990s	305
2000s	1,461
2010s	3,695
2020s	2,259

In 2020, its biggest year

Nola was the 553rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2020 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Charlotte and Sophia. See all of 2020.

Names that rose and fell with Nola

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.