girl's name

Yola

  • Origin Spanish
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 822

Yola is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 1983 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Yola is a name of Spanish origin.
  • Peaked in 1915, when 32 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1900.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Yola over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1983, not a full ten years.

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'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80
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Births named Yola by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 16
1910s 171
1920s 238
1930s 98
1940s 28
1950s 15
1960s 5
1970s 5
1980s (to 1983) 11

How popular is Yola?

In 1983, Yola was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Yola is used

France #6,374 5 in 2022
United States #9,315 6 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 Yola

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

Parents who like Yola also like

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

Sibling names for Yola

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

Common questions about Yola

How popular is the name Yola?

In 1983, Yola was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Yola is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Yola?

Yola has 2 syllables.

When was Yola most popular?

Yola peaked in 1915, when 32 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.