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Nola

Rooted in Irish, Nola is a girl's name that means "Irish, fair shoulder". It peaked in the 1920s and has aged gracefully since then. In the current registry, it is uncommon enough to feel personal. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

EtymologyShort for Fionnuala
IrishIrish – "fair shoulder"
Births by decade
1900s
1,334
1910s
2,630
1920s
3,172
1930s
3,001
1940s
2,475
1950s
2,183
1960s
1,130
1970s
516
1980s
420
1990s
305
2000s
1,460
2010s
2,725
Peaked in the 1920s · 21,351 total U.S. births since 1900