# Lola (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lola/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈloʊlə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 97,167 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 275 / 96,892 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25,042, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lola.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,313 | 243 |
| 2012 | 1,382 | 231 |
| 2013 | 1,493 | 213 |
| 2014 | 1,390 | 236 |
| 2015 | 1,458 | 224 |
| 2016 | 1,390 | 233 |
| 2017 | 1,339 | 240 |
| 2018 | 1,361 | 238 |
| 2019 | 1,298 | 246 |
| 2020 | 1,262 | 237 |
| 2021 | 1,193 | 258 |
| 2022 | 1,202 | 262 |
| 2023 | 1,193 | 261 |
| 2024 | 1,161 | 272 |
| 2025 | 1,132 | 275 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 6 | 3,841 |
| 1931 | 10 | 2,577 |
| 1932 | 6 | 3,608 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,496 |
| 1934 | 8 | 2,864 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3,487 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,854 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,828 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,386 |
| 1939 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 1940 | 9 | 2,598 |
| 1941 | 7 | 3,027 |
| 1942 | 11 | 2,339 |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,420 |
| 1944 | 6 | 3,313 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,777 | 31 |
| 2012 | 2,010 | 23 |
| 2013 | 1,574 | 32 |
| 2014 | 1,441 | 35 |
| 2015 | 1,322 | 40 |
| 2016 | 1,298 | 42 |
| 2017 | 1,201 | 43 |
| 2018 | 982 | 52 |
| 2019 | 899 | 60 |
| 2020 | 778 | 65 |
| 2021 | 807 | 64 |
| 2022 | 641 | 78 |
| 2023 | 595 | 79 |
| 2024 | 543 | 87 |
| 2025 | 524 | 87 |

## People named Lola

- Lola Albright, American actress and singer (1924–2017)
- Lola Glaudini, American actress
- Lola Tung, American actress
- Lola Falana, American singer, dancer, and actress
- Lola Créton, French actress
- Lola Ponce, Argentine singer
- Lola Kirke, English-born American actress
- Lola Le Lann, French actress
- Lola Lane, American actress (1906-1981)
- Lola Liivat, Estonian painter (1928–2025)
- Lola Blanc, American singer-songwriter (born 1987)
- Lola Dewaere, French actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.