Lola

What Lola means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Lola yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lola?

US: Falling: down from #224 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #40 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1904, when 624 girls got the name (#99 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,420 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 483 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 542 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (3.26 per 1,000 girls), MN (2.23 per 1,000 girls), UT (2.05 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Lola is #275 in the US and #87 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lola were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lily6,673 US · 2,249 E&W
• Layla5,338 US · 833 E&W
• Lyla3,089 US · 751 E&W
• Lilah1,736 US · 464 E&W
• Lila1,670 US · 277 E&W
• Leila1,193 US · 171 E&W
• Laila755 US · 151 E&W
• Lylah503 US · 85 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lola

Girls

• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Alessandra#443Italian form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*

For a brother

• Joaquin#355Spanish form of Joachim, meaning “may Yahweh raise up”^*
• Rocco#459Editor’s note Up from #463 in 2015 to #459 in 2025 in the US
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Maximo#580Editor’s note Up from #853 in 2015 to #580 in 2025 in the US
• Benicio#672Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #672 vs #1,613 in 2025
• Alessandro#497Italian form of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lola’s. Rank is US 2025.