Abiola
Abíọ́lá is a Yoruba name. The meaning of Abíọ́lá is "born in honour, wealth". It is the shortened form of Abísọ́lá.
- Yoruba
Meaning & Origin of Abiola
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Abíọ́lá is a Yoruba name. The meaning of Abíọ́lá is "born in honour, wealth". It is the shortened form of Abísọ́lá.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yoruba
The Story of Abiola
As a girl name
American parents first put Abiola on the record books as a girl name in 1977, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 13 Abiolas were born — ranking #8,145 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 31% of all recorded Abiolas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 183 Abiolas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Abiola first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1980, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 7 births, good for #9,599 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Abiolas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 50 Abiolas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Abiola
Abiola is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 183 births in the dataset. Abiola's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #8,145. Use the chart and map above to compare Abiola's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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