Iola is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #20047 for girl births in the United States, given to 7 babies. Iola first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1918 (368 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #20,047 |
| 2024 | 8 | #18,691 |
| 2023 | 9 | #17,310 |
| 2022 | 9 | #17,398 |
| 2021 | 11 | #15,108 |
| 2020 | 11 | #15,022 |
| 2019 | 5 | #25,507 |
| 2017 | 16 | #12,035 |
| 2016 | 11 | #15,627 |
| 2015 | 11 | #15,652 |
| 2014 | 7 | #21,250 |
| 2013 | 6 | #23,585 |
| 2012 | 7 | #21,719 |
| 2011 | 9 | #18,236 |
| 2010 | 6 | #24,034 |
| 2008 | 5 | #27,973 |
| 2007 | 7 | #22,216 |
| 2006 | 7 | #21,738 |
| 1989 | 6 | #16,277 |
| 1986 | 8 | #11,620 |
| 1983 | 7 | #11,893 |
| 1982 | 5 | #15,437 |
| 1981 | 9 | #10,187 |
| 1980 | 5 | #15,204 |
| 1979 | 12 | #8,253 |
| 1978 | 6 | #12,495 |
| 1977 | 8 | #10,231 |
| 1976 | 5 | #13,600 |
| 1975 | 8 | #9,617 |
| 1974 | 12 | #7,188 |
| 1973 | 9 | #8,374 |
| 1972 | 7 | #9,656 |
| 1971 | 5 | #12,001 |
| 1970 | 7 | #9,343 |
| 1969 | 5 | #10,772 |
| 1968 | 5 | #10,154 |
| 1967 | 15 | #5,035 |
| 1966 | 16 | #4,795 |
| 1965 | 21 | #4,151 |
| 1964 | 16 | #4,952 |
| 1963 | 13 | #5,520 |
| 1962 | 23 | #3,976 |
| 1961 | 24 | #3,868 |
| 1960 | 26 | #3,678 |
| 1959 | 34 | #3,107 |
| 1958 | 19 | #4,212 |
| 1957 | 37 | #2,923 |
| 1956 | 41 | #2,730 |
| 1955 | 45 | #2,514 |
| 1954 | 44 | #2,540 |
| 1953 | 41 | #2,584 |
| 1952 | 65 | #1,977 |
| 1951 | 49 | #2,266 |
| 1950 | 62 | #1,976 |
| 1949 | 57 | #2,038 |
| 1948 | 59 | #1,998 |
| 1947 | 58 | #2,034 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,976 |
| 1945 | 83 | #1,447 |
| 1944 | 61 | #1,744 |
| 1943 | 67 | #1,711 |
| 1942 | 78 | #1,553 |
| 1941 | 81 | #1,434 |
| 1940 | 93 | #1,297 |
| 1939 | 95 | #1,258 |
| 1938 | 114 | #1,147 |
| 1937 | 99 | #1,231 |
| 1936 | 120 | #1,079 |
| 1935 | 152 | #959 |
| 1934 | 123 | #1,083 |
| 1933 | 148 | #953 |
| 1932 | 168 | #912 |
| 1931 | 164 | #921 |
| 1930 | 184 | #903 |
| 1929 | 202 | #856 |
| 1928 | 224 | #839 |
| 1927 | 228 | #836 |
| 1926 | 221 | #846 |
| 1925 | 250 | #799 |
| 1924 | 272 | #778 |
| 1923 | 229 | #838 |
| 1922 | 297 | #721 |
| 1921 | 296 | #732 |
| 1920 | 327 | #689 |
| 1919 | 268 | #740 |
| 1918 | 368 | #621 |
| 1917 | 303 | #665 |
| 1916 | 317 | #635 |
| 1915 | 289 | #646 |
| 1914 | 283 | #569 |
| 1913 | 216 | #583 |
| 1912 | 181 | #603 |
| 1911 | 125 | #589 |
| 1910 | 175 | #464 |
| 1909 | 162 | #436 |
| 1908 | 156 | #429 |
| 1907 | 169 | #406 |
| 1906 | 78 | #610 |
| 1905 | 80 | #590 |
| 1904 | 61 | #656 |
| 1903 | 68 | #600 |
| 1902 | 52 | #681 |
| 1901 | 56 | #618 |
| 1900 | 71 | #637 |
| 1899 | 46 | #671 |
| 1898 | 67 | #593 |
| 1897 | 53 | #636 |
| 1896 | 49 | #664 |
| 1895 | 48 | #660 |
| 1894 | 44 | #672 |
| 1893 | 44 | #665 |
| 1892 | 54 | #599 |
| 1891 | 36 | #684 |
| 1890 | 30 | #782 |
| 1889 | 38 | #656 |
| 1888 | 45 | #616 |
| 1887 | 26 | #753 |
| 1886 | 21 | #843 |
| 1885 | 20 | #858 |
| 1884 | 25 | #745 |
| 1883 | 13 | #1,009 |
| 1882 | 16 | #905 |
| 1881 | 14 | #899 |
| 1880 | 15 | #897 |