Nola is an established girls' name that peaked in 2020 and remains in steady use.
Nola is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #822 for girl births in the United States (and #1,582 across all names), given to 331 babies. Nola first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2020 (537 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 331 | 331 | #822 | — |
| 2024 | 369 | 369 | #765 | — |
| 2023 | 381 | 381 | #740 | — |
| 2022 | 472 | 472 | #627 | — |
| 2021 | 503 | 503 | #596 | — |
| 2020 | 537 | 537 | #553 | — |
| 2019 | 500 | 500 | #607 | — |
| 2018 | 461 | 461 | #643 | — |
| 2017 | 379 | 379 | #744 | — |
| 2016 | 350 | 350 | #821 | — |
| 2015 | 368 | 368 | #770 | — |
| 2014 | 348 | 348 | #804 | — |
| 2013 | 350 | 350 | #776 | — |
| 2012 | 334 | 334 | #805 | — |
| 2011 | 292 | 292 | #894 | — |
| 2010 | 314 | 314 | #857 | — |
| 2009 | 280 | 280 | #957 | — |
| 2008 | 299 | 299 | #917 | — |
| 2007 | 257 | 257 | #1,029 | — |
| 2006 | 202 | 202 | #1,203 | — |
| 2005 | 104 | 104 | #1,872 | — |
| 2004 | 86 | 86 | #2,110 | — |
| 2003 | 80 | 80 | #2,181 | — |
| 2002 | 59 | 59 | #2,631 | — |
| 2001 | 44 | 44 | #3,186 | — |
| 2000 | 50 | 50 | #2,889 | — |
| 1999 | 37 | 37 | #3,422 | — |
| 1998 | 31 | 31 | #3,804 | — |
| 1997 | 36 | — | #3,283 | — |
| 1996 | 34 | — | #3,412 | — |
| 1995 | 29 | — | #3,747 | — |
| 1994 | 32 | — | #3,511 | — |
| 1993 | 32 | — | #3,487 | — |
| 1992 | 25 | — | #4,189 | — |
| 1991 | 25 | — | #4,167 | — |
| 1990 | 24 | — | #4,192 | — |
| 1989 | 37 | — | #2,969 | — |
| 1988 | 24 | — | #3,866 | — |
| 1987 | 38 | — | #2,643 | — |
| 1986 | 30 | — | #3,108 | — |
| 1985 | 34 | — | #2,784 | — |
| 1984 | 42 | — | #2,328 | — |
| 1983 | 61 | — | #1,766 | — |
| 1982 | 65 | — | #1,732 | — |
| 1981 | 53 | — | #2,001 | — |
| 1980 | 38 | — | #2,520 | — |
| 1979 | 58 | — | #1,852 | — |
| 1978 | 62 | — | #1,703 | — |
| 1977 | 65 | — | #1,629 | — |
| 1976 | 47 | — | #1,928 | — |
| 1975 | 40 | — | #2,153 | — |
| 1974 | 39 | — | #2,121 | — |
| 1973 | 33 | — | #2,337 | — |
| 1972 | 37 | — | #2,120 | — |
| 1971 | 69 | — | #1,485 | — |
| 1970 | 66 | — | #1,513 | — |
| 1969 | 80 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1968 | 68 | — | #1,361 | — |
| 1967 | 65 | — | #1,368 | — |
| 1966 | 99 | — | #1,054 | — |
| 1965 | 92 | — | #1,094 | — |
| 1964 | 137 | — | #889 | — |
| 1963 | 118 | — | #981 | — |
| 1962 | 148 | — | #868 | — |
| 1961 | 155 | — | #855 | — |
| 1960 | 168 | — | #793 | — |
| 1959 | 252 | — | #627 | — |
| 1958 | 144 | — | #853 | — |
| 1957 | 159 | — | #804 | — |
| 1956 | 206 | — | #670 | — |
| 1955 | 195 | — | #671 | — |
| 1954 | 236 | — | #589 | — |
| 1953 | 255 | — | #545 | — |
| 1952 | 240 | — | #559 | — |
| 1951 | 249 | — | #529 | — |
| 1950 | 247 | — | #521 | — |
| 1949 | 223 | — | #558 | — |
| 1948 | 210 | — | #580 | — |
| 1947 | 252 | — | #527 | — |
| 1946 | 222 | — | #527 | — |
| 1945 | 231 | — | #473 | — |
| 1944 | 245 | — | #459 | — |
| 1943 | 291 | — | #431 | — |
| 1942 | 263 | — | #457 | — |
| 1941 | 279 | — | #411 | — |
| 1940 | 259 | — | #425 | — |
| 1939 | 273 | — | #408 | — |
| 1938 | 337 | — | #350 | — |
| 1937 | 294 | — | #378 | — |
| 1936 | 300 | — | #367 | — |
| 1935 | 286 | — | #375 | — |
| 1934 | 307 | — | #360 | — |
| 1933 | 281 | — | #384 | — |
| 1932 | 301 | — | #370 | — |
| 1931 | 300 | — | #371 | — |
| 1930 | 322 | — | #382 | — |
| 1929 | 328 | — | #372 | — |
| 1928 | 330 | — | #376 | — |
| 1927 | 361 | — | #359 | — |
| 1926 | 277 | — | #417 | #3,069 |
| 1925 | 279 | — | #415 | — |
| 1924 | 320 | — | #379 | — |
| 1923 | 312 | — | #375 | — |
| 1922 | 335 | — | #361 | — |
| 1921 | 324 | — | #374 | — |
| 1920 | 306 | — | #379 | — |
| 1919 | 343 | — | #348 | — |
| 1918 | 390 | — | #325 | — |
| 1917 | 307 | — | #358 | — |
| 1916 | 301 | — | #355 | — |
| 1915 | 320 | — | #334 | — |
| 1914 | 227 | — | #350 | — |
| 1913 | 205 | — | #337 | — |
| 1912 | 211 | — | #316 | — |
| 1911 | 168 | — | #307 | — |
| 1910 | 158 | — | #306 | — |
| 1909 | 172 | — | #275 | — |
| 1908 | 144 | — | #295 | — |
| 1907 | 142 | — | #294 | — |
| 1906 | 125 | — | #298 | — |
| 1905 | 127 | — | #296 | — |
| 1904 | 140 | — | #266 | — |
| 1903 | 131 | — | #271 | — |
| 1902 | 131 | — | #272 | — |
| 1901 | 93 | — | #313 | — |
| 1900 | 129 | — | #289 | — |
| 1899 | 106 | — | #283 | — |
| 1898 | 122 | — | #278 | — |
| 1897 | 74 | — | #342 | — |
| 1896 | 108 | — | #280 | — |
| 1895 | 111 | — | #266 | — |
| 1894 | 118 | — | #254 | — |
| 1893 | 90 | — | #279 | — |
| 1892 | 62 | — | #337 | — |
| 1891 | 78 | — | #285 | — |
| 1890 | 60 | — | #327 | — |
| 1889 | 69 | — | #288 | — |
| 1888 | 54 | — | #329 | — |
| 1887 | 55 | — | #288 | — |
| 1886 | 51 | — | #289 | — |
| 1885 | 39 | — | #328 | — |
| 1884 | 34 | — | #338 | — |
| 1883 | 30 | — | #329 | — |
| 1882 | 37 | — | #292 | — |
| 1881 | 32 | — | #282 | — |
| 1880 | 23 | — | #340 | — |