Shola

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shola: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #408, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#408highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#689
1998	#408
1999	#794
2000	#1095
2001	#1359
2002	#1530
2003	#1843
2004	#1836
2005	#2682
2006	#1748
2007	#2233
2008	#1718
2009	#2535
2010	#1901
2011	#2636
2012	#4171
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2015	#3252
2017	#4763
2019	#4686
2021	#5581
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4171 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 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: #408 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shola 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 Shola in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	142	4 of 10	36
2000sbusiest	119	10 of 10	12
2010s	51	8 of 10	6
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

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

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1998 and 1999, when recorded births fell by 48, from 76 to 28.

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

Shola 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #408 in England and Wales in 1998.

Shola'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#794	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#408	76	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#689	35	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #408, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 76 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 16 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

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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.

Raisa · #408, 30y
Chukwuemeka · #409, 28y
Elissa · #407, 30y
Fahd · #409, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abiola · #409, 18y
Chay · #407, 28y
Chukwuemeka · #409, 28y
Collins · #409, 17y

Shola was ranked #408 in England and Wales · Girls in 1998. 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.

Shola 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 Shola without appearing here.

Shola moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3795 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #689 and #3824.
Cian Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3795 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #689 and #2152.
Fionn Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3795 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #689 and #2152.
Rian Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3795 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #689 and #2152.

Moved ahead of Shola

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Finley Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2942.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #1893.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3252 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.

Moved the opposite way to Shola

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shola went from #689 to #4843 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shola went from #689 to #4843 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shola went from #794 to #4843 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shola went from #794 to #4843 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Shola

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shola went from #3795 to #5687 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shola went from #3795 to #5687 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shola went from #3795 to #5687 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Shola went from #3795 to #5581 and Carol from #802 to #3519.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #408 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Shola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Shola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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