Iola
Girl
Iola is a girls' name, meaning “violet”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Iola mean?
“violet”
A female given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Iola a girl's or a boy's name?
Iola is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iola in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Iola, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 16 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Iola than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Iola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Iola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Iola in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Iola, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 368 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Iola than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Iola in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1933, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iola in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,306 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,917 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,783 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,661 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,515 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,517 |
| 1953 | 41 | #1,530 |
| 1952 | 65 | #1,177 |
| 1951 | 49 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 62 | #1,170 |
| 1949 | 57 | #1,200 |
| 1948 | 59 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 58 | #1,182 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,147 |
| 1945 | 83 | #824 |
| 1944 | 61 | #993 |
| 1943 | 67 | #965 |
| 1942 | 78 | #873 |
| 1941 | 81 | #802 |
| 1940 | 93 | #721 |
| 1939 | 95 | #698 |
| 1938 | 114 | #642 |
| 1937 | 99 | #683 |
| 1936 | 120 | #600 |
| 1935 | 152 | #520 |
| 1934 | 123 | #587 |
| 1933 | 148 | #522 |
| 1932 | 168 | #505 |
| 1931 | 164 | #506 |
| 1930 | 184 | #491 |
| 1929 | 202 | #470 |
| 1928 | 224 | #461 |
| 1927 | 228 | #463 |
| 1926 | 221 | #463 |
| 1925 | 250 | #437 |
| 1924 | 272 | #426 |
| 1923 | 229 | #452 |
| 1922 | 297 | #378 |
| 1921 | 296 | #388 |
| 1920 | 327 | #363 |
| 1919 | 268 | #395 |
| 1918 | 368 | #339 |
| 1917 | 303 | #359 |
| 1916 | 317 | #347 |
| 1915 | 289 | #350 |
| 1914 | 283 | #310 |
| 1913 | 216 | #325 |
| 1912 | 181 | #342 |
| 1911 | 125 | #357 |
| 1910 | 175 | #293 |
| 1909 | 162 | #280 |
| 1908 | 156 | #280 |
| 1907 | 169 | #264 |
| 1906 | 78 | #388 |
| 1905 | 80 | #378 |
| 1904 | 61 | #412 |
| 1903 | 68 | #384 |
| 1902 | 52 | #429 |
| 1901 | 56 | #392 |
| 1900 | 71 | #392 |
| 1899 | 46 | #430 |
| 1898 | 67 | #379 |
| 1897 | 53 | #397 |
| 1896 | 49 | #409 |
| 1895 | 48 | #404 |
| 1894 | 44 | #418 |
| 1893 | 44 | #404 |
| 1892 | 54 | #360 |
| 1891 | 36 | #413 |
| 1890 | 30 | #475 |
| 1889 | 38 | #393 |
| 1888 | 45 | #356 |
| 1887 | 26 | #435 |
| 1886 | 21 | #476 |
| 1885 | 20 | #470 |
| 1884 | 25 | #398 |
| 1883 | 13 | #536 |
| 1882 | 16 | #458 |
| 1881 | 14 | #447 |
| 1880 | 15 | #435 |
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