How rare is the name Lolita?

9,616 people in the United States have the first name Lolita, about 1 in 31,409. It ranks #2,527 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LOLITA

#2,527

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,616
About
1 in 31,409
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,616 people named Lolita, 36.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 33.9% as Black and 15.4% as White. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lolita peaked in 1963, when 432 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
1963
Births that year
432
In 2025*
9 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,664 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lolita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,113. The largest share of babies named Lolita, 31.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1890s#2,57031
1900s#1,442168
1910s#2,104299
1920s#1,767600
1930s#1,576647
1940s#1,680715
1950s#1,698978
1960s#1,1132,496
1970s#1,6431,348
1980s#2,838663
1990s#7,095241
2000s#9,052233
2010s#11,479179
2020s#15,22366
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.8%
Baby boom 1946–6428.9%
Generation X 1965–8031.2%
Millennials 1981–968.7%
Generation Z 1997–124%
2013 and later2.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lolita is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lolita has been most common in District of Columbia (8.8×), Illinois (4.8×), and Louisiana (3.6×), and least common in Indiana (0.28×).

4,592 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Lolita

#2,524 Mathias · 9,628#2,526 Luka · 9,618#2,528 Montana · 9,613#2,529 Katina · 9,610

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lolita, most common first.

#19,604 Loleta · 537#49,348 Lolitha · 126#52,133 Lolitta · 109

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