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How popular is the name Iola?
Births per year, rank history and how many Iolas are alive today.
Iola (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4867th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2011, when 16 babies were given the name, the 1729th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2002, with 15 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2025 figure is roughly 25% of its peak.
The Iola you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Iolas born in England and Wales are between 12 and 26, and there are at least 340 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Iola - on average, only one in every 927 such rooms contains a Iola.
How many babies are named Iola each year?
Where does Iola rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Iola most popular?
Iola peaked in 2011, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Iola?
At least 340 people named Iola born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Iola?
Most living Iolas are between 12 and 26; the most common age is about 11.
Is Iola becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak.