Is Iola a boy or girl name?
Iola was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 9,652 US babies named Iola were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #11,461
- Babies named Iola since 1880
- 9,652
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 368 babies
Boys and girls named Iola, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 233 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 471 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 953 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 2,525 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 2,546 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 1,367 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 692 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 437 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 164 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 79 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 40 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000s | 0 | 19 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 78 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 48 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 8 | #11,461 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 9 | #10,633 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 9 | #10,704 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 11 | #9,192 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 11 | #9,172 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 5 | #16,473 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 16 | #7,219 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 11 | #9,667 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 11 | #9,733 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 7 | #13,623 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 6 | #15,340 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,053 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 9 | #11,548 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 6 | #15,703 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 5 | #18,586 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,487 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,137 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 6 | #11,350 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 8 | #8,007 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 7 | #8,348 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 5 | #11,110 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 9 | #6,998 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 5 | #10,962 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 12 | #5,535 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,933 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,120 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,831 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 8 | #6,736 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 12 | #4,823 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 9 | #5,732 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 7 | #6,812 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 5 | #8,787 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 7 | #6,589 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 5 | #7,895 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 5 | #7,423 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 15 | #3,390 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 16 | #3,192 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 21 | #2,699 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 16 | #3,295 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,693 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 23 | #2,560 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 24 | #2,493 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,329 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 34 | #1,935 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,698 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 37 | #1,796 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,668 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,523 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,522 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,537 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 65 | #1,180 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,332 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 62 | #1,176 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 57 | #1,202 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,178 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 58 | #1,188 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,155 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 83 | #826 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 61 | #995 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 67 | #970 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 78 | #876 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 81 | #803 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 93 | #722 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 95 | #699 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 114 | #643 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 99 | #685 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 120 | #601 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 152 | #520 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 123 | #589 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 148 | #522 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 168 | #505 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 164 | #507 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 184 | #492 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 202 | #471 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 224 | #461 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 228 | #463 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 221 | #466 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 250 | #437 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 272 | #427 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 229 | #452 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 297 | #378 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 296 | #388 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 327 | #363 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 268 | #395 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 368 | #339 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 303 | #359 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 317 | #347 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 289 | #350 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 283 | #311 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 216 | #327 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 181 | #343 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 125 | #357 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 175 | #294 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 162 | #280 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 156 | #280 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 169 | #265 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 78 | #389 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 80 | #378 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 61 | #416 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 68 | #384 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 52 | #430 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 56 | #392 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 71 | #393 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 46 | #430 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 67 | #379 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 53 | #400 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 49 | #411 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 48 | #405 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 44 | #420 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 44 | #404 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 54 | #362 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 36 | #416 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 30 | #479 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 38 | #395 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 45 | #358 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 26 | #438 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 21 | #484 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 20 | #475 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 25 | #402 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 13 | #552 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 16 | #467 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 14 | #458 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 15 | #439 |
Highest rank
Iola has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #265 in 1907. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.