Lolita

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lolita: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 16 years, its highest recorded position is #449, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#449highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lolita's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1999	#2770
2000	#2167
2001	#3262
2002	#2105
2004	#3197
2005	#1934
2006	#4157
2007	#2410
2008	#2721
2009	#2535
2010	#2589
2011	#2893
2012	#2095
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2016	#4763
2017	#5765
2019	#5591

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 20 of the 24 years from 1996 to 2019.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #449 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1973–1990
Highest recorded position: #449 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1973–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #5591 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls

Lolita appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 20 ranked years and 127 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1973.

Lolita across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lolita's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#1934 (2005)	#5591 (2019)	20 of 24	127 (1996–2019)	13 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#449 (1973)	#449 (1973)	#517 (1990)	2 of 18	7 (1973–1990)	4 (1973)

Lolita 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 Lolita in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	65	9 of 10	7
2010s	54	9 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Lolita appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1973 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #449 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Lolita'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
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1973 and 2019, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #449, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lola-Rae · #1549, 18y
Lola-Rose · #424, 20y
Lona · #2673, 17y
London · #1484, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Rosetta · #449, 26y
Cyprian · #448, 17y
Elisei · #448, 21y
Yan · #448, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Rosetta · #449, 26y
Dona · #447, 13y
Alwyn · #446, 24y
Joleen · #446, 17y

Lolita was ranked #449 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1973. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lolita 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 Lolita without appearing here.

Lolita moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2410 and #5201.
Ollie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1934 and #3970.
Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1934 and #3970.
Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2535 and #4564.

Moved ahead of Lolita

Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Eabha Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2095 and #2338 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #2313.

Moved the opposite way to Lolita

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lolita went from #3795 to #5591 while Ada went from #2683 to #47.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lolita went from #3795 to #5591 while Alma went from #2096 to #345.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lolita went from #3795 to #5591 while Alyssa went from #783 to #255.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lolita went from #3795 to #5591 while Amalie went from #2096 to #996.

Moved the same way as Lolita

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lolita went from #3795 to #5591 and Abigail from #21 to #83.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lolita went from #3795 to #5591 and Aimee from #70 to #838.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lolita went from #3795 to #5591 and Aisling from #440 to #1634.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lolita went from #3795 to #5591 and Alex from #161 to #1389.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1973 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #449 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lolita

Lolita at a glance

What stands out in Lolita's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lolita across 2 official records

Lolita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lolita appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Lolita at a glance

What stands out in Lolita's record

Lolita across 2 official records

Lolita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lolita appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Lolita

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