Voula
Voula is a Greek feminine given name, often a diminutive of the given name Paraskevi.
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Voula
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Voula is a Greek feminine given name, often a diminutive of the given name Paraskevi.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Voula
American parents first put Voula on the record books as a baby girl name in 1960, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1971, when 12 Voulas were born — ranking #4,534 that year. About 64% of every Voula on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Voula last appeared in the published SSA data in 1980, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 64 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Voula
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Names that sound like Voula
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About the name Voula
Voula is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 64 births in the dataset. Voula's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #4,534. Use the chart and map above to compare Voula'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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