How Many People Are Named Ola?
people named Ola are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 64,257 people in the US has this name
Based on 30,275 babies named Ola in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
772 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ola, 98.8% were girls and 1.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 96.9% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ola alive today is about 71 years old, and 81% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ola first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 772 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ola has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #140, in 1886. In 2025 it ranked #8,225.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,225 |
| Best rank | #140 (1886) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #258 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ola alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ola were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 511 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ola was given 4.4 times as often in Alabama, 4 times in Georgia and 3.6 times in Arkansas.
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