How Many People Are Named Nola?
people named Nola are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,666 people in the US has this name
Based on 26,271 babies named Nola in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
537 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of MAGNOLIA, FINOLA or other names containing a similar sound.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nola in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nola alive today is about 36 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nola first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2020, to 537 babies. In 2025, 331 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nola has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #254, in 1894. In 2025 it ranked #822.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #822 |
| Best rank | #254 (1894) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #769 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nola alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nola were born in California than in any other state: about 994 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nola was given 2.9 times as often in Kentucky, 2.7 times in Idaho and 2.5 times in Tennessee.
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