# Lolita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lolita/  
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 | /loʊlˈli.ɾə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,664 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,664 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 127, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The name is from Spanish Lolita, diminutive of Lola, from the given name Dolores. The noun derives from the name: see the etymology at lolita for details.

## 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 | 21 | 6,259 |
| 2012 | 28 | 5,052 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,156 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,185 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,613 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,196 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,292 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,973 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,910 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,798 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,009 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,400 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,874 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,730 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,564 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1,934 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: لُولِيتَا
- Chinese: 洛麗塔 /洛丽塔
- Hindi: लोलिता
- Japanese: ロリタ
- Korean: 로리타
- Russian: Лоли́та

## People named Lolita

- Lolita Torres, Argentinian actor (1930–2002)
- Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress
- Lolita Chammah, French actress
- Lolita Lempicka, French fashion designer (born 1954)
- Lolita Chakrabarti, English actress and writer
- Lolita Pille, French writer

## 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.