Girl's name
Lola
Say it LOH-luh
Spanish origin 2 syllables
Where Lola is loved, common and rare
Common across Spain, France, four German cities and seven more places. Rare in Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and nine more places.
1 in 483 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Catalonia 34thFrance 53rdBerlin 80th
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Every place
In 26 of the 40 official lists, among them Catalonia (34th), France (53rd) and Berlin (80th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 15th 2024 | 1,378 | rank only |
| Catalonia region | 34th 2025 | 125 | 1 in 154 |
| France | 53rd 2025 | 815 | 1 in 352 |
| Victoria state | 63rd 2025 | 100 | rank only |
| Queensland state | 64th 2025 | 80 | rank only |
| South Australia state | 67th 2025 | 25 | rank only |
| New South Wales state | 72nd 2025 | 100 | rank only |
| Berlin city | 80th 2023 | 38 | about 1 in 382 |
| Cologne city | 84th 2023 | 15 | about 1 in 410 |
| England and Wales | 87th 2025 | 524 | 1 in 483 |
| The Netherlands | 96th 2025 | 148 | about 1 in 412 |
| New Zealand | 96th 2025 | 39 | rank only |
| Ireland | 124th 2025 | 38 | 1 in 556 |
| Scotland | 135th 2025 | 33 | 1 in 542 |
| Northern Ireland | 140th 2025 | 14 | 1 in 520 |
| Munich city | 145th 2025 | 9 | about 1 in 466 |
| British Columbia province | 203rd 2023 | 15 | about 1 in 797 |
| Quebec province | 250th 2025 | 23 | about 1 in 1,131 |
| Switzerland | 322nd 2025 | 22 | 1 in 1,545 |
| Ontario province | 339th 2024 | 37 | about 1 in 1,472 |
| Austria | 381st 2025 | 13 | 1 in 2,748 |
| Sweden | 460th 2025 | 14 | about 1 in 2,869 |
| Italy | 1219th 2024 | 7 | 1 in 25,596 |
| Leipzig city | 77th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 375 |
| Bonn city | 99th 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 502 |
| Rostock city | 166th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 985 |
Rare, below the listed names: Norway, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock). How we count, and every source
About the name
Lola came into English from Spanish, where it began as a childish shortening of Dolores. It keeps the playful feel of a family nickname while being a complete name in its own right, and it has been used that way for generations.
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LOH-luh has two syllables with a lilting, repeated l sound. Lolita is the Spanish diminutive, Lula and Loula are related forms, and Dolores or María Dolores are the full names behind it.
Lola is a Spanish favourite, in the top fifteen in Spain, and it ranks well in Catalonia and France. It also has a solid following in Australia, in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. In France it peaked around 2010, and it is now rising in more countries than it is falling.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- LOH-luh, 2 syllables
- Origin
- Spanish
- Other spellings
- Lolita
- Loula
- Lula
- María Dolores
- Dolores
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Lola, a diminutive (childish apocope) of Dolores.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 8 of 24 regions, falling in 5.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 42 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 78 | 79 | 87 | 87 |
| Scotland | 72 | 88 | 83 | 89 | 105 | 109 | 215 | 109 | 94 | 135 |
| Northern Ireland | 71 | 110 | 86 | 167 | 140 | 123 | 140 | 115 | 253 | 140 |
| Ireland | 105 | 125 | 138 | 123 | 132 | 121 | 157 | 135 | 110 | 124 |
| Ontario | 360 | 322 | 237 | 274 | 267 | 381 | 255 | 276 | 339 | |
| British Columbia | 301 | 257 | 370 | 105 | 137 | 250 | 286 | 203 | ||
| New South Wales | 85 | 77 | 78 | 85 | 60 | 56 | 59 | 65 | 62 | 72 |
| Victoria | 56 | 60 | 56 | 66 | 68 | 80 | 68 | 70 | 65 | 63 |
| Queensland | 89 | 88 | 84 | 59 | 85 | 67 | 57 | 68 | 65 | 64 |
| South Australia | 73 | 58 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 99 | 57 | 75 | 56 | 67 |
| New Zealand | 74 | 91 | 86 | 84 | 96 | |||||
| Quebec | 344 | 799 | 370 | 388 | 575 | 390 | 291 | 296 | 273 | 250 |
| France | 10 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 33 | 40 | 37 | 44 | 53 |
| The Netherlands | 113 | 92 | 99 | 95 | 80 | 87 | 94 | 86 | 96 | |
| Austria | 666 | 604 | 354 | 262 | 308 | 302 | 410 | 259 | 263 | 381 |
| Switzerland | 179 | 370 | 257 | 254 | 252 | 289 | 198 | 244 | 257 | 322 |
| Berlin | 211 | 204 | 137 | 140 | 147 | 163 | 94 | 80 | ||
| Munich | 164 | 178 | 136 | 142 | 115 | 110 | 138 | 101 | 145 | |
| Cologne | 143 | 345 | 157 | 132 | 181 | 170 | 104 | 84 | ||
| Bonn | 222 | 226 | 371 | 357 | 181 | 380 | 223 | 99 | ||
| Leipzig | 411 | 263 | 92 | 265 | 58 | 74 | 85 | 143 | 77 | |
| Rostock | 143 | 99 | 187 | 99 | 166 | |||||
| Sweden | 533 | 492 | 358 | 455 | 570 | 435 | 460 | |||
| Spain | 27 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 15 | |
| Catalonia | 45 | 57 | 43 | 46 | 36 | 31 | 40 | 42 | 34 | 34 |
| Italy | 958 | 790 | 1027 | 1219 | ||||||
| Poland | 500 | 437 | 603 | 766 | 540 | 435 | ||||
| Slovenia | 239 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | 524 | 206.9 |
| 2024 | 87 | 543 | 210.5 |
| 2023 | 79 | 595 | 231.9 |
| 2022 | 78 | 641 | 243.3 |
| 2021 | 64 | 807 | 294.5 |
| 2020 | 65 | 778 | 289.9 |
| 2019 | 60 | 899 | 321.0 |
| 2018 | 52 | 982 | 340.7 |
| 2017 | 43 | 1,201 | 401.6 |
| 2016 | 42 | 1,298 | 422.6 |
| 2015 | 40 | 1,322 | 429.3 |
| 2014 | 35 | 1,444 | 470.9 |
| 2013 | 32 | 1,574 | 510.3 |
| 2012 | 23 | 2,010 | 624.1 |
| 2011 | 31 | 1,777 | 553.0 |
| 2010 | 33 | 1,654 | 515.2 |
| 2009 | 42 | 1,463 | 466.8 |
| 2008 | 47 | 1,276 | 404.1 |
| 2007 | 46 | 1,250 | 408.3 |
| 2006 | 51 | 1,101 | 367.9 |
| 2005 | 90 | 613 | 212.7 |
| 2004 | 159 | 337 | 117.9 |
| 2003 | 181 | 265 | 95.1 |
| 2002 | 238 | 169 | 63.2 |
| 2001 | 251 | 158 | 59.0 |
| 2000 | 353 | 95 | 34.8 |
| 1999 | 383 | 84 | 29.8 |
| 1998 | 369 | 87 | 30.1 |
| 1997 | 460 | 63 | 21.5 |
| 1996 | 620 | 39 | 13.2 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Lola in France since 1925 were born in or after 2010. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2010, at 1,284.2 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Lola per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2010 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Lola
1 in 358 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lola. Same first letter as Lola.
1 in 557 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lola.
1 in 202 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lola.
1 in 216 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lola.
1 in 373 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lola.
1 in 202 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lola.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lola.
1 in 175 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lola.
1 in 118 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lola. Same first letter as Lola.
1 in 166 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lola.
Middle names for Lola
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Lola Grace
2-1 beats · initials LG
Changes the beat after Lola: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Lola Olivia
2-4 beats · initials LO · Lola slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lola: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Lola slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Lola Sophia
2-3 beats · initials LS
Changes the beat after Lola: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Lola Maria
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lola: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Lola Rose
2-1 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Lola: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Lola Emily
2-3 beats · initials LE · Lola slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lola: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Lola slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Lola Julia
2-3 beats · initials LJ
Changes the beat after Lola: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Lola Miriam
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lola: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Lola
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 127 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Lola across countries and decades.
1 in 373 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Lola across countries and decades.
1 in 70 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lola across countries and decades.
1 in 190 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lola across countries and decades.
1 in 228 in Northern Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lola across countries and decades.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lola across countries and decades.
1 in 118 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lola across countries and decades.
1 in 216 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Lola across countries and decades.
Famous people named Lola
Lola Pagnani, Lola Montez, Lola Albright, Lola Dueñas, Lola Glaudini, Lola Anglada, Lola Young and Lola Falana.
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Italian actress born 1972
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Irish dancer and actress (1821–1861)
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American actress and singer (1924–2017)
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Spanish actress born 1971
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American actress born 1971
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Spanish writer, comics artist and illustrator (1892-1984) 1891 to 1984
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British singer-songwriter (born 2001)
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American singer, dancer, and actress born 1942
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Lola
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Lola?
Her best rank is No. 15 in Spain in 2024. She is in the published lists of 26 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Lola?
LOH-luh, with 2 syllables.
Is Lola getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 8 of 24 regions, falling in 5.
Which sister names go with Lola?
The deck's top five sisters for Lola: Lilly, Jasmine, Eden, Penelope and Eloise. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.