Lolita
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Lolita is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Lolita mean?
Spanish
A female given name from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lolita a girl's or a boy's name?
Lolita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lolita in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lolita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lolita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Lolita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Lolita, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 432 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.
Half of all the girls named Lolita in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lolita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,067 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,126 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,227 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,684 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,585 |
| 1982 | 93 | #1,337 |
| 1981 | 98 | #1,294 |
| 1980 | 94 | #1,337 |
| 1979 | 113 | #1,169 |
| 1978 | 94 | #1,290 |
| 1977 | 106 | #1,170 |
| 1976 | 108 | #1,112 |
| 1975 | 113 | #1,048 |
| 1974 | 116 | #1,033 |
| 1973 | 152 | #847 |
| 1972 | 142 | #888 |
| 1971 | 186 | #781 |
| 1970 | 218 | #708 |
| 1969 | 220 | #669 |
| 1968 | 243 | #616 |
| 1967 | 279 | #567 |
| 1966 | 292 | #553 |
| 1965 | 227 | #649 |
| 1964 | 285 | #586 |
| 1963 | 432 | #468 |
| 1962 | 298 | #570 |
| 1961 | 122 | #978 |
| 1960 | 98 | #1,086 |
| 1959 | 128 | #920 |
| 1958 | 94 | #1,080 |
| 1957 | 108 | #1,001 |
| 1956 | 83 | #1,132 |
| 1955 | 110 | #937 |
| 1954 | 116 | #890 |
| 1953 | 98 | #953 |
| 1952 | 89 | #996 |
| 1951 | 67 | #1,142 |
| 1950 | 85 | #987 |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,120 |
| 1948 | 71 | #1,048 |
| 1947 | 81 | #978 |
| 1946 | 76 | #952 |
| 1945 | 63 | #976 |
| 1944 | 72 | #900 |
| 1943 | 66 | #975 |
| 1942 | 81 | #853 |
| 1941 | 57 | #970 |
| 1940 | 83 | #772 |
| 1939 | 56 | #939 |
| 1938 | 63 | #890 |
| 1937 | 68 | #836 |
| 1936 | 54 | #929 |
| 1935 | 57 | #912 |
| 1934 | 54 | #938 |
| 1933 | 63 | #845 |
| 1932 | 75 | #781 |
| 1931 | 67 | #838 |
| 1930 | 90 | #738 |
| 1929 | 63 | #902 |
| 1928 | 62 | #947 |
| 1927 | 69 | #898 |
| 1926 | 62 | #952 |
| 1925 | 60 | #960 |
| 1924 | 65 | #941 |
| 1923 | 50 | #1,076 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1921 | 64 | #928 |
| 1920 | 53 | #1,021 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,155 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,126 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,261 |
| 1916 | 44 | #1,043 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,258 |
| 1914 | 38 | #956 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,091 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,421 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,113 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 20 | #909 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 15 | #990 |
| 1906 | 18 | #872 |
| 1905 | 18 | #872 |
| 1904 | 18 | #853 |
| 1903 | 25 | #666 |
| 1902 | 26 | #648 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
Names like Lolita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Maria, Rosa, Luana, Larosa, Lucia, Lucinda, Louisa, Angela, Lorena, Laura, Anna
Names related to Lolita
More Spanish names
Santiago, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra
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, “Lolita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lolita, updated 20 October 2026.