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Lola

Gender
Girl
Say it
LOH-la
Origin
Spanish
UK rank, 2025
#89 for girls
US rank, 2025
#275 for girls

Lola is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “sorrows”. In 2025 it ranked 89th for girls in the UK (571 babies) and 275th for girls in the US (1,132 babies).

What does Lola mean?

Spanish: Spanish pet form of Dolores, from Latin dolor

“sorrows”

A pet form of Dolores, from the title Our Lady of Sorrows; the dancer Lola Montez made it famous in the 19th century.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lola a girl's or a boy's name?

Lola is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 571 girls in the UK and 1,132 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lola in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#89among girls
Babies in 2025
571about 1 in 490 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 36% in five years
Same name in a class
2.8%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 571 girls in the UK were named Lola, making it the 89th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 69th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 2,129 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lola than any year since 2004.

Half of all the girls named Lola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 87th in England and Wales, 135th in Scotland and 140th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#35) and 2024 (#87).

1996Busiest: 2,129 in 20122025
Lola in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025571#89
2024595#89
2023653#79
2022675#81
2021867#70
2020833#69
2019961#65
20181,063#57
20171,272#50
20161,406#46
20151,434#42
20141,541#40
20131,681#34
20122,129#27
20111,854#36
20101,738#39
20091,535#43
20081,330#51
20071,306#52
20061,137#57
2005629#93
2004347#169
2003273#197
2002175#261
2001163#276
200095#385
199986#411
199887#408
199763#506
199639#674

How popular is Lola in the US?

Rank in 2025
#275among girls
Babies in 2025
1,132about 1 in 1,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,132 girls in the US were named Lola, making it the 275th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 236th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 1,617 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lola than any year since 2005.

Half of all the girls named Lola in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,617 in 19192025
Lola in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,132#275
20241,161#271
20231,193#261
20221,202#262
20211,193#258
20201,262#236
20191,298#245
20181,361#238
20171,339#239
20161,390#233
20151,458#224
20141,390#236
20131,493#213
20121,382#231
20111,313#243
20101,476#211
20091,465#222
20081,410#246
20071,262#270
20061,197#279
2005843#374
2004556#515
2003436#615
2002321#752
2001182#1,146
2000145#1,308
199972#2,112
199863#2,241
199768#2,067
199640#2,961
199545#2,682
199440#2,930
199331#3,501
199252#2,454
199147#2,587
199070#1,948
198957#2,142
198873#1,736
198774#1,646
198667#1,735
198568#1,690
198467#1,633
198383#1,411
1982109#1,221
1981105#1,239
1980150#986
1979136#1,030
1978153#924
1977132#1,016
1976200#736
1975152#876
1974154#852
1973159#824
1972154#841
1971181#792
1970170#813
1969172#781
1968186#714
1967186#716
1966229#632
1965278#575
1964338#535
1963325#537
1962340#530
1961398#487
1960412#483
1959485#437
1958434#459
1957483#427
1956520#394
1955632#339
1954556#369
1953534#367
1952617#331
1951651#309
1950630#310
1949620#312
1948663#296
1947711#294
1946700#274
1945689#256
1944825#228
1943825#235
1942889#220
1941835#211
1940867#203
1939840#207
1938895#199
1937866#199
1936960#187
1935951#185
19341,091#170
19331,123#163
19321,194#161
19311,200#156
19301,271#162
19291,268#163
19281,295#164
19271,532#154
19261,440#162
19251,470#164
19241,538#161
19231,513#157
19221,478#161
19211,540#157
19201,580#147
19191,617#142
19181,567#146
19171,493#143
19161,372#147
19151,420#136
19141,031#144
1913965#130
1912903#127
1911712#120
1910685#120
1909634#115
1908623#114
1907639#106
1906616#108
1905624#103
1904624#99
1903547#104
1902565#105
1901493#107
1900584#114
1899437#110
1898534#108
1897487#107
1896450#109
1895446#110
1894407#115
1893385#114
1892388#117
1891337#117
1890346#119
1889312#123
1888304#119
1887246#123
1886191#138
1885191#131
1884197#126
1883172#122
1882174#117
1881129#125
1880138#117

Names like Lola

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Lola

Lolah

Names related to Lola

Leola

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lola, updated 20 October 2026.