Ola

Boy · recorded 1881–1980

  • 1980last recorded
  • 1889best year

Most popular in 1889.

Last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

0459018811906193119551980

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 59 recorded years as a table
Ola, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188179
188470
188663
188749
188866
188990
189063
189452
189675
189744
189956
190033
190166
190241
190560
190768
190845
191051
191219
191323
191423
191527
191625
191716
191815
191923
192023
192114
192219
192313
192414
19258
192613
192714
192819
192910
193014
193115
193211
193310
19348
19358
193613
193710
19389
19396
19405
19419
19436
19447
19464
19485
19503
19513
19533
19542
19703
19764
19803

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ola isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1980
5
Rank in 1980
#6,250
How rare
1 in 356,790 boys
Since 1881
624

Ola was last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1889, at 90 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ola doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.