Vola vs Vollie
American parents have registered 694 Volas since 1880, against 452 Vollies. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Vola Vollie
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 69 years in which either name was published, Vola for 43 years and Vollie for 26 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1884–1889 Vollie ahead
- 1895–1940 Vola ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1941–1969 Vollie ahead, apart from 2 short spells
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Vola | Vollie | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 694 | 452 |
| Most in one year | 41 | 23 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 60 | 70 |
| Median age today | 85 | 76 |
| Peak year | 1921 | 1918 |
| Best rank | 1,341st girls | 1,905th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1891 | 1884 |
| Girls / boys | 677 / 17 | 74 / 378 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Volas alive today are over 85; half the Vollies are over 76. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Vola and Vollie.