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Girl name#374 of girl names

Lola

Pronounced L OW1 L AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1919
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Lola?

Lola is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 96,020 children — the 374th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1919, when 1,617 children were given it.

05001,0001,5002,00018901920195019802010
1919Girls: 1,617Boys: 6

Characteristics

  • Alliterative
  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
L OW1 L AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Lola

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Lola

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Lola?
Lola ranks 374th among girls' names in US records, with 96,020 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,844.
Is Lola a unisex name?
No. Lola is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Lola most popular?
1919, when 1,617 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.