Theola
Theola is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 828th, in 1924.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192482 births
- Best rank
- #828in 1924
- Since 1895
- 2,099people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,099 girls have been named Theola in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 82 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 82 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 27%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Theola | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | |
| 1900s | 118 | |
| 1910s | 433 | |
| 1920s | 565 | |
| 1930s | 389 | |
| 1940s | 258 | |
| 1950s | 180 | |
| 1960s | 105 | |
| 1970s | 28 | |
| 1980s | 5 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Theola was the 828th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Theola
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mayolapeak 1922
- Loreanpeak 1920
- Mozellpeak 1925
- Edrispeak 1915
- Burnicepeak 1925
- Ceolapeak 1924
- Lorenepeak 1920
- Aleasepeak 1925
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.