Lola
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning sorrows; diminutive of Dolores.
How Lola has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #224 |
| 2016 | #234 |
| 2017 | #240 |
| 2018 | #238 |
| 2019 | #245 |
| 2020 | #239 |
| 2021 | #259 |
| 2022 | #262 |
| 2023 | #263 |
| 2024 | #273 |
| 2025 | #275 |
Lola by the numbers
In 2025, 524 babies in England and Wales were named Lola. In the US, 1,323 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,617 babies in 1919, making it a 1910s name.
At its height, in 1905, about 1 in 500 American girls born that year was called Lola.
Other names that come from Dolores
Like Lola, each of these traces back to Dolores: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Dolliedoll; a diminutive of Dorothy or Dolores55 in England and Wales (2025)
- Doloressorrows or pains14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deloressorrows; a form of Dolores15 in the US (2017)
- Lollielollipop; a form of Lola or Dolores5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lollylollipop; a form of Lola or Dolores5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delorisa form of Dolores, woman of sorrows
- Dolorisa form of Dolores, woman of sorrows
Names that come from Lola
Forms of Lola in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Lolitasorrow; diminutive form of Lola16 in the US (2017)
- Lollielollipop; a form of Lola or Dolores5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lollylollipop; a form of Lola or Dolores5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lola-Maesorrows; a form of Lola combined with Mae4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lola-Maysorrows; a form of Lola combined with May3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lola. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lylanight751 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilaplayful, divine play; also purple flower277 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leladivine play; a form of Leela142 in the US (2017)
- Lulafamous warrior; a form of Louella25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Loralaurel; a form of Laura49 in the US (2017)
- Leolalion; a form of Leola or Leonie25 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lola
Names that are said the same way as Lola, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Lola
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