Iola is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Iola is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #12,412 for girl births in the United States (and #20,806 across all names), given to 7 babies. Iola was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (368 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | #12,412 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | #11,506 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | #10,652 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | #10,711 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #9,195 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | #9,178 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | #16,484 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | #7,221 |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 | #9,669 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | #9,735 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | #13,626 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | #15,344 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | #14,053 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #11,549 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #15,704 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #18,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | #14,487 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #14,139 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #11,353 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #8,006 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,348 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #11,111 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | #6,998 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #10,960 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #5,536 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | #8,933 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #7,120 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #9,832 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #6,734 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | #4,823 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #5,733 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #6,812 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #8,786 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #6,591 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #7,895 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,424 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | #3,390 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | #3,190 |
| 1965 | 21 | — | #2,699 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | #3,295 |
| 1963 | 13 | — | #3,693 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | #2,561 |
| 1961 | 24 | — | #2,494 |
| 1960 | 26 | — | #2,328 |
| 1959 | 34 | — | #1,935 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | #2,698 |
| 1957 | 37 | — | #1,797 |
| 1956 | 41 | — | #1,668 |
| 1955 | 45 | — | #1,523 |
| 1954 | 44 | — | #1,522 |
| 1953 | 41 | — | #1,537 |
| 1952 | 65 | — | #1,180 |
| 1951 | 49 | — | #1,332 |
| 1950 | 62 | — | #1,176 |
| 1949 | 57 | — | #1,202 |
| 1948 | 59 | — | #1,178 |
| 1947 | 58 | — | #1,188 |
| 1946 | 55 | — | #1,155 |
| 1945 | 83 | — | #826 |
| 1944 | 61 | — | #995 |
| 1943 | 67 | — | #970 |
| 1942 | 78 | — | #876 |
| 1941 | 81 | — | #803 |
| 1940 | 93 | — | #722 |
| 1939 | 95 | — | #699 |
| 1938 | 114 | — | #643 |
| 1937 | 99 | — | #685 |
| 1936 | 120 | — | #601 |
| 1935 | 152 | — | #520 |
| 1934 | 123 | — | #589 |
| 1933 | 148 | — | #522 |
| 1932 | 168 | — | #505 |
| 1931 | 164 | — | #507 |
| 1930 | 184 | — | #492 |
| 1929 | 202 | — | #471 |
| 1928 | 224 | — | #461 |
| 1927 | 228 | — | #463 |
| 1926 | 221 | — | #466 |
| 1925 | 250 | — | #437 |
| 1924 | 272 | — | #427 |
| 1923 | 229 | — | #452 |
| 1922 | 297 | — | #378 |
| 1921 | 296 | — | #388 |
| 1920 | 327 | — | #363 |
| 1919 | 268 | — | #395 |
| 1918 | 368 | — | #339 |
| 1917 | 303 | — | #359 |
| 1916 | 317 | — | #347 |
| 1915 | 289 | — | #350 |
| 1914 | 283 | — | #311 |
| 1913 | 216 | — | #327 |
| 1912 | 181 | — | #343 |
| 1911 | 125 | — | #357 |
| 1910 | 175 | — | #294 |
| 1909 | 162 | — | #280 |
| 1908 | 156 | — | #280 |
| 1907 | 169 | — | #265 |
| 1906 | 78 | — | #389 |
| 1905 | 80 | — | #378 |
| 1904 | 61 | — | #416 |
| 1903 | 68 | — | #384 |
| 1902 | 52 | — | #430 |
| 1901 | 56 | — | #392 |
| 1900 | 71 | — | #393 |
| 1899 | 46 | — | #430 |
| 1898 | 67 | — | #379 |
| 1897 | 53 | — | #400 |
| 1896 | 49 | — | #411 |
| 1895 | 48 | — | #405 |
| 1894 | 44 | — | #420 |
| 1893 | 44 | — | #404 |
| 1892 | 54 | — | #362 |
| 1891 | 36 | — | #416 |
| 1890 | 30 | — | #479 |
| 1889 | 38 | — | #395 |
| 1888 | 45 | — | #358 |
| 1887 | 26 | — | #438 |
| 1886 | 21 | — | #484 |
| 1885 | 20 | — | #475 |
| 1884 | 25 | — | #402 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | #552 |
| 1882 | 16 | — | #467 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | #458 |
| 1880 | 15 | — | #439 |