How Many People Are Named Pecola?
people named Pecola are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,582,337 people in the US has this name
Based on 788 babies named Pecola in Social Security records from 1900 to 1987, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Pecola in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pecola alive today is about 73 years old, and 82% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pecola first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1920, to 28 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1987.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 1987
🏆 Rank History
Pecola has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,207, in 1912.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,207 (1912) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,958 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pecola alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pecola were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pecola was given about 19 times as often in Georgia.
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