NameTides

Nola

Nola was the #821 girls' name in the US in 2025 (331 babies), and #275 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Nola as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nola as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandUSCanada
Nola as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#821 (331)#275 (165)#301 (11)——#1,577 (15)
2024#762 (369)#226 (210)#230 (16)——#1,117 (23)
2023#739 (381)#213 (225)#210 (19)#302 (5)—#928 (28)
2022#625 (472)#214 (227)#200 (21)#418 (3)#502 (7)#794 (34)
2021#595 (503)#206 (249)#191 (22)#350 (4)#464 (8)#766 (38)
2020#553 (537)#252 (186)#257 (14)—#834 (3)#633 (45)
2019#605 (500)#310 (154)#206 (20)—#871 (3)#563 (55)
2018#643 (461)#365 (124)#449 (7)—#734 (4)#779 (36)
2017#744 (379)#541 (80)#409 (8)—#873 (3)#881 (31)
2016#818 (350)#573 (73)#413 (8)#306 (5)—#717 (41)
2015#769 (368)#583 (73)—#426 (3)—#1,016 (25)
2014#804 (348)#877 (43)#477 (7)——#772 (36)
2013#776 (350)#1,291 (26)#663 (4)——#822 (33)
2012#804 (334)#1,297 (25)———#1,055 (24)
2011#893 (292)#1,196 (27)#674 (4)——#983 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1894 at #249.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nola is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 5,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nola by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Nola (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Nola (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NolaCanadaGirls#1,57715
NolaEngland & WalesGirls#275165
NolaIrelandGirls—too few
NolaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NolaScotlandGirls#30111
NolaUSGirls#821331
NolaUSBoys—too few