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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Lolita

Lolita was the 10564th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 468th with 432 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,951 places. More babies were named Lolita in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#10,564 girls, down 2,766 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
9girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1963432 babies
Total since 1880
8,664babies recorded

Lolita popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#10,5649
2020#7,79814
2010#10,20111
2000#5,41721
1990#3,12036
1980#1,34894
1970#709218
1960#1,09198
1950#99385
1940#77883
1930#74090
1920#1,02453
1910#1,30313
1900#1,5128
1890#1,4345
1880——

How popular is Lolita, counting every spelling?

Lolita has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Lolita?

9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lolita (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lolita born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lolita.

Chance of another Lolita in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Lolita?

About 6,100 people born in the US named Lolita are alive today, with a median age of 59; half are between 48 and 64. That makes Lolita a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Lolita by state

How common Lolita was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Lolita, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Lolita: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lolita, they share its era and feel.

Lolita is also a nickname for Dolores.

Questions about the name Lolita

How popular is the name Lolita?

Lolita was the 10564th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 468th with 432 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,951 places. More babies were named Lolita in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Lolita a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lolita in the US.

Where is Lolita most popular?

In 2021–2025, Lolita was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).