Ola is an established girls' name that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Ola is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,227 for girl births in the United States (and #14,112 across all names), given to 13 babies. Ola was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (755 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | #8,227 | — |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | #7,177 | — |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | #6,861 | — |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | #8,914 | — |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | #10,127 | — |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | #7,858 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #8,491 | — |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | #9,654 | — |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 | #7,027 | — |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #6,610 | — |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | #6,917 | — |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | #11,697 | — |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | #11,726 | — |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #16,357 | — |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #8,523 | — |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #12,018 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #19,455 | — |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | #8,435 | — |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #13,603 | — |
| 2006 | 15 | 15 | #8,142 | — |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | #9,957 | — |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #8,600 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #10,237 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #9,323 | — |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | #8,595 | — |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | #6,406 | — |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | #6,412 | — |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | #6,616 | — |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #7,609 | — |
| 1996 | 10 | — | #8,652 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,557 | — |
| 1994 | 20 | — | #4,971 | — |
| 1993 | 14 | — | #6,517 | — |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #6,547 | — |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #7,809 | — |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #8,331 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #5,761 | — |
| 1988 | 22 | — | #4,131 | — |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #6,216 | — |
| 1986 | 22 | — | #3,849 | — |
| 1985 | 15 | — | #5,019 | — |
| 1984 | 30 | — | #2,973 | — |
| 1983 | 23 | — | #3,512 | — |
| 1982 | 30 | — | #2,998 | — |
| 1981 | 15 | — | #4,887 | — |
| 1980 | 23 | — | #4,261 | #6,989 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | #4,166 | — |
| 1978 | 21 | — | #3,600 | — |
| 1977 | 23 | — | #3,340 | — |
| 1976 | 23 | — | #4,097 | #4,780 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | #3,128 | — |
| 1974 | 25 | — | #2,887 | — |
| 1973 | 37 | — | #2,159 | — |
| 1972 | 28 | — | #2,570 | — |
| 1971 | 24 | — | #2,924 | — |
| 1970 | 39 | — | #2,340 | #4,583 |
| 1969 | 25 | — | #2,685 | — |
| 1968 | 31 | — | #2,195 | — |
| 1967 | 27 | — | #2,362 | — |
| 1966 | 48 | — | #1,628 | — |
| 1965 | 36 | — | #1,941 | — |
| 1964 | 47 | — | #1,699 | — |
| 1963 | 58 | — | #1,473 | — |
| 1962 | 72 | — | #1,310 | — |
| 1961 | 89 | — | #1,173 | — |
| 1960 | 75 | — | #1,275 | — |
| 1959 | 107 | — | #1,029 | — |
| 1958 | 104 | — | #1,025 | — |
| 1957 | 109 | — | #998 | — |
| 1956 | 121 | — | #919 | — |
| 1955 | 130 | — | #852 | — |
| 1954 | 172 | — | #717 | #4,211 |
| 1953 | 176 | — | #704 | #3,687 |
| 1952 | 203 | — | #615 | — |
| 1951 | 201 | — | #614 | #3,617 |
| 1950 | 221 | — | #569 | #4,052 |
| 1949 | 238 | — | #540 | — |
| 1948 | 241 | — | #543 | #2,739 |
| 1947 | 279 | — | #491 | — |
| 1946 | 258 | — | #490 | #3,425 |
| 1945 | 242 | — | #459 | — |
| 1944 | 310 | — | #417 | #2,584 |
| 1943 | 343 | — | #399 | #2,901 |
| 1942 | 293 | — | #422 | — |
| 1941 | 320 | — | #392 | #2,296 |
| 1940 | 355 | — | #346 | #3,368 |
| 1939 | 344 | — | #347 | #3,037 |
| 1938 | 333 | — | #363 | #2,436 |
| 1937 | 374 | — | #328 | #2,297 |
| 1936 | 389 | — | #313 | #2,035 |
| 1935 | 414 | — | #305 | #2,877 |
| 1934 | 453 | — | #292 | #2,893 |
| 1933 | 424 | — | #300 | #2,497 |
| 1932 | 510 | — | #278 | #2,282 |
| 1931 | 475 | — | #292 | #1,905 |
| 1930 | 544 | — | #284 | #2,041 |
| 1929 | 534 | — | #282 | #2,556 |
| 1928 | 548 | — | #285 | #1,685 |
| 1927 | 647 | — | #263 | #2,102 |
| 1926 | 630 | — | #268 | #2,273 |
| 1925 | 687 | — | #253 | #3,080 |
| 1924 | 695 | — | #251 | #2,109 |
| 1923 | 644 | — | #254 | #2,297 |
| 1922 | 719 | — | #245 | #1,744 |
| 1921 | 770 | — | #240 | #2,235 |
| 1920 | 772 | — | #239 | #1,581 |
| 1919 | 758 | — | #234 | #1,567 |
| 1918 | 704 | — | #244 | #2,132 |
| 1917 | 738 | — | #229 | #2,062 |
| 1916 | 694 | — | #237 | #1,536 |
| 1915 | 634 | — | #240 | #1,443 |
| 1914 | 586 | — | #218 | #1,664 |
| 1913 | 483 | — | #220 | #1,648 |
| 1912 | 517 | — | #193 | #2,004 |
| 1911 | 364 | — | #195 | — |
| 1910 | 432 | — | #167 | #1,098 |
| 1909 | 325 | — | #184 | — |
| 1908 | 375 | — | #165 | #1,189 |
| 1907 | 360 | — | #168 | #916 |
| 1906 | 341 | — | #163 | — |
| 1905 | 352 | — | #162 | #981 |
| 1904 | 335 | — | #163 | — |
| 1903 | 309 | — | #160 | — |
| 1902 | 367 | — | #147 | #1,261 |
| 1901 | 331 | — | #152 | #918 |
| 1900 | 357 | — | #160 | #1,446 |
| 1899 | 286 | — | #160 | #1,017 |
| 1898 | 327 | — | #157 | — |
| 1897 | 271 | — | #168 | #1,183 |
| 1896 | 282 | — | #162 | #812 |
| 1895 | 261 | — | #163 | — |
| 1894 | 270 | — | #161 | #1,046 |
| 1893 | 264 | — | #149 | — |
| 1892 | 259 | — | #154 | — |
| 1891 | 219 | — | #154 | — |
| 1890 | 246 | — | #149 | #857 |
| 1889 | 219 | — | #151 | #659 |
| 1888 | 208 | — | #156 | #800 |
| 1887 | 175 | — | #148 | #1,022 |
| 1886 | 193 | — | #140 | #822 |
| 1885 | 139 | — | #155 | — |
| 1884 | 129 | — | #161 | #741 |
| 1883 | 126 | — | #147 | — |
| 1882 | 113 | — | #154 | — |
| 1881 | 98 | — | #152 | #687 |
| 1880 | 67 | — | #184 | — |