Ola is a distinctive choice, ranked #1743 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Ola in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1743
About the Name Ola
Ola is steadily gaining in popularity, up 30 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #1279 in 2015, and it currently sits at #1743. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Ola is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ola
Unlikely. With around 17 UK babies named Ola per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ola in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ola is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 30 places over the last five years to #1743 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Ola is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Ola include: Ola S. Apeland — Ola S.; Ola Brown — Olamide Brown, née Orekunrin, is a British-Nigerian medical doctor, healthcare entrepreneur, and founder of the Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Group and...; Ola Tjørhom — Ola Tjørhom is a Norwegian former Lutheran professor of theology who converted to Roman Catholicism on 25 January 2003..
Ola does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Olas in the wild.
17
UK babies named Ola (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 30 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ola
Likely around 1 other Ola in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Olamide Brown, née Orekunrin, is a British-Nigerian medical doctor, healthcare entrepreneur, and founder of the Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Group and a director of Greentree Investment Company.
Ola Tjørhom is a Norwegian former Lutheran professor of theology who converted to Roman Catholicism on 25 January 2003. Formerly Tjørhom belonged to the Norwegian School of Mission and Theology in Stavanger and was active in ecumenical activities.
Ola Bini is a Swedish programmer and Internet activist, working for the Digital Autonomy Center in Ecuador on issues of privacy, security and cryptography. He has been in Ecuador since 2013.
Ola Cohn was an Australian artist, author and philanthropist best known for her work in sculpture in a modernist style, and famous for her Fairies Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne.