Lolah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOH-la
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Lolah is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “sorrows”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Lolah mean?
Spanish: spelling of Lola; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Lola. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lolah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lolah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lolah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lolah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lolah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 574 girls in the UK were given Lolah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #106, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Lola 571
- Lolah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lolah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Lolah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Lolah, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Lolah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,141 girls in the US were given Lolah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #296, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
- Lola 1,132
- Lolah 9
Lolah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
Names like Lolah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Dua Luna Pippa Poppy Layla Lyra Aria Isla Alaia Lucia Freya
Other spellings of Lolah
Names related to Lolah
More Spanish names
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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, “Lolah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lolah, updated 20 October 2026.