girl's name

Theola

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 2,105

Theola is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 1983 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1924, when 82 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1895.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Theola over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1983, not a full ten years.

565
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80
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Births named Theola by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 18
1900s 118
1910s 433
1920s 565
1930s 389
1940s 258
1950s 180
1960s 105
1970s 28
1980s (to 1983) 5

How popular is Theola?

In 1983, Theola was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Theola is used

England & Wales #6,073 3 in 2007
United States #10,854 5 in 1983

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Theola

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Theola also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Theola over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Theola

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Theola — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Theola

How popular is the name Theola?

In 1983, Theola was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Theola is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Theola?

Theola has 3 syllables.

When was Theola most popular?

Theola peaked in 1924, when 82 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.