How Many People Are Named Soila?
An estimated 483 people in the United States have the first name Soila. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 54 years old, and Soila peaked in popularity in 1935 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Soila as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Soila paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
483
About 1 in 709,636 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
54
years old
Peak Year
1935
27 births
Total Registered
826
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Soila
Soila is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 826 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Soila as a female name
Ranked #18,759 in 2015
5 female births in 2015
Peak: 1935 (27 births)
Soila: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Soila span from the 1910s to the 2010s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1930s, when 119 babies were registered. Soila has declined significantly from its peak in the 1930s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Soila by Decade
How has Soila tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Soila by State
Soila + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Soila as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Soila
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Soila: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Soila?
We estimate approximately 483 people named Soila are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 709,636 Americans share this first name.
Is Soila a common name?
Soila is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 826 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Soila most popular?
Soila reached peak popularity in 1935, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Soila is approximately 54 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Soila a female name?
Soila is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Soila Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Soila Smith, Soila Johnson, Soila Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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