Boy or Girl

Is Leola a boy or girl name?

Leola is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 19 girls and 0 boys were named Leola, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.8% of the 28,164 US babies named Leola were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#6,272
Babies named Leola since 1880
28,164
Most popular year
1920
855 babies
Babies named Leola each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Leola from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.02505007501,00018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Leola, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s0531100%
1890s01,255100%
1900s02,615100%
1910s56,14399.9%
1920s307,06799.6%
1930s174,21799.6%
1940s02,694100%
1950s01,740100%
1960s0730100%
1970s0372100%
1980s0224100%
1990s0105100%
2000s0116100%
2010s0183100%
2020s0120100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–19#6,272
20230–24#5,320
20220–37#4,008
20210–18#6,559
20200–22#5,584
20190–30#4,609
20180–18#6,680
20170–25#5,268
20160–15#7,821
20150–17#7,137
20140–20#6,334
20130–16#7,596
20120–15#8,052
20110–15#8,026
20100–12#9,554
20090–13#9,186
20080–17#7,601
20070–15#8,349
20060–18#7,021
20050–8#12,496
20040–10#10,365
20030–14#7,823
20020–12#8,596
20010–0–
20000–9#10,382
19990–6#13,656
19980–5#15,499
19970–8#10,370
19960–5#14,817
19950–14#6,467
19940–7#11,241
19930–13#6,873
19920–11#7,814
19910–15#6,128
19900–21#4,608
19890–21#4,448
19880–17#4,969
19870–18#4,588
19860–16#4,867
19850–16#4,758
19840–19#4,089
19830–31#2,826
19820–24#3,486
19810–25#3,390
19800–37#2,566
19790–23#3,495
19780–33#2,603
19770–44#2,148
19760–41#2,121
19750–32#2,488
19740–41#2,046
19730–25#2,792
19720–30#2,426
19710–46#1,889
19700–57#1,645
19690–51#1,697
19680–45#1,765
19670–47#1,673
19660–59#1,439
19650–53#1,536
19640–77#1,261
19630–75#1,274
19620–102#1,071
19610–101#1,093
19600–120#979
19590–113#994
19580–129#902
19570–150#828
19560–152#807
19550–159#751
19540–182#695
19530–194#642
19520–190#646
19510–228#562
19500–243#533
19490–237#542
19480–218#564
19470–236#553
19460–241#504
19450–267#438
19440–267#440
19430–287#436
19420–300#412
19410–318#385
19400–323#365
19390–363#330
19380–379#321
19375#3,822350#335
19367#3,040396#302
19350–424#294
19340–414#308
19330–406#306
19325#4,068488#281
19310–467#287
19300–530#283
19290–583#266
19287#3,563589#266
19275#4,531638#262
19260–644#263
19250–757#240
19247#3,695757#242
19230–683#248
19220–778#232
19215#4,694789#230
19206#4,076849#226
19190–830#216
19180–777#227
19175#4,313708#232
19160–780#218
19150–669#233
19140–567#222
19130–512#205
19120–514#190
19110–363#197
19100–423#166
19090–326#182
19080–321#179
19070–310#180
19060–273#182
19050–319#166
19040–244#192
19030–204#207
19020–207#204
19010–176#217
19000–235#204
18990–151#221
18980–169#226
18970–121#258
18960–141#233
18950–135#238
18940–128#235
18930–107#258
18920–122#242
18910–89#259
18900–92#261
18890–102#232
18880–72#274
18870–38#351
18860–49#294
18850–53#274
18840–59#255
18830–51#255
18820–47#254
18810–36#271
18800–24#331

Highest rank

As a boy name, Leola reached #3,040 in 1936. As a girl name, it reached #166 in 1905. 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 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Leola

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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.