Tola

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tola: Recorded since 2005, its highest recorded position is #518, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#518highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2011	#2636
2012	#3285
2013	#5742
2014	#1882
2015	#2195
2016	#2547
2017	#1995
2018	#3518
2019	#3541
2020	#3117
2021	#3192
2022	#4645
2023	#4709

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 16 of the 17 years from 2007 to 2023.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3117 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #5201 among girls in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Tola appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 2007, and has registered 117 births with the name.

Tola 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.

Tola'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	#5201 (2007)	#1882 (2014)	#4709 (2023)	16 of 17	117 (2007–2023)	15 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#747 (2013)	#747 (2013)	#834 (2020)	4 of 8	13 (2013–2020)	4 (2013)

Tola 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 Tola in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	82	9 of 10	9
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Tola 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 2005 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #518 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Tola'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	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	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	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	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	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 2005 and 2023, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #518, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 2 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.

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Toluwani · #2425, 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.

Faustas · #518, 14y
Janie · #518, 22y
Oluwatomiwa · #518, 16y
Zi · #518, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Andrey · #518, 24y
Faustas · #518, 14y
Miracle · #518, 25y
Zi · #518, 19y

Tola was ranked #518 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2005. 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.

Tola 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 Tola without appearing here.

Tola moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1882 and #5691.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Kari Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1882 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Tola

Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2488.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #2340.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1939.
Tove Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3519 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #3533.

Moved the opposite way to Tola

Kristine Compare
Between 2007 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Tola went from #5201 to #3117 while Kristine went from #3667 to #5493.
Rory Compare
Between 2011 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Tola went from #2636 to #4709 while Rory went from #5785 to #1469.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2005 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #518 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Tola

Tola at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tola across 2 official records

Tola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tola appears in

Popularity data

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Tola at a glance

Tola across 2 official records

Tola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tola appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Tola

Tola and the names beside it

Tola moved ahead of

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