Fayola

Girl · recorded 1923–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1927best year

Most popular in 1927.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Fayola.

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Its story

Popularity since 1923

05919231948197219972021

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 13 recorded years as a table
Fayola, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19235
19264
19279
19325
19385
19404
19424
19434
19783
19794
19893
20003
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Fayola 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.

More like it

More like Fayola

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
5
Rank in 2021
#15,251
How rare
1 in 328,172 girls
Since 1923
75

Fayola was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1927, at 9 per million girls born.

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

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