Iola

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Iola: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Iola: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,317 in 2002, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1317highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
1999	#1675
2000	#1995
2001	#1520
2002	#1317
2003	#2436
2004	#1535
2005	#1796
2006	#1748
2007	#1854
2008	#2721
2009	#1837
2010	#2843
2011	#1729
2012	#2338
2013	#2062
2014	#1882
2015	#2195
2016	#2008
2017	#2502
2018	#3518
2019	#3541
2020	#3899
2021	#2942
2022	#3148
2023	#4709
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1914 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1317 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Iola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Iola in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	116	10 of 10	12
2010s	111	10 of 10	11
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Iola appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1317 in England and Wales in 2002.

Iola's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2008	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,317, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amana · #1317, 29y
Nasra · #1317, 24y
Lewi · #1316, 25y
Fabiha · #1319, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amana · #1317, 29y
Nasra · #1317, 24y
Fabiha · #1319, 29y
Makeda · #1319, 25y

Iola and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Iola without appearing here.

Iola moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2062 and #4739.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1520 and #3998.
Helene Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1729 and #4049.

Moved ahead of Iola

Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2346.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1711.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1317 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2436 and #799.

Moved the opposite way to Iola

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Iola went from #1914 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Iola went from #1914 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Iola went from #1914 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Iola went from #1914 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Iola

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Iola went from #1914 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Iola went from #1914 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Iola went from #1914 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Iola went from #1914 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1317 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Iola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Iola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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