Ola is a distinctive choice, ranked #2440 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Ola in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2440
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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 rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Ola in their class.
Ola Brown — 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 — Ola Tjørhom is a Norwegian former Lutheran professor of theology who converted to Roman Catholicism on 25 January 2003.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ola
Unlikely. With around 11 UK babies named Ola per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ola in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ola is declining: down 667 places since 2020, to #2,440 in 2025. It peaked at #1,279 in 2015.
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 Brown and Ola Tjørhom. Short summaries for each appear below.
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.
11
UK babies named Ola (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 667 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
Almost certainly the only Ola in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ola
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 Bini is a Swedish programmer and Internet activist, working for the Digital Autonomy Center in Ecuador on issues of privacy, security and cryptography.
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.