Lollie
A feminine diminutive of Lola, possibly a pet name.
Name Census estimates that about 179 living Americans carry the first name Lollie. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Lollie today is around 69 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Lollie births was 1921 (27 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Lollie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Lollie with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Lollie is about 69 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Lollies were born before 1967.
People living today
179
~ 1 in 1,914,829 Americans
Peak year
1921
27 babies that year
Average age
69
years old
2022 SSA rank
#16,714
Tracked since 1880
Census
Lollie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 302 people with the first name Lollie, which placed it at #29,353 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#29,353
National first-name rank
People counted
302
302 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
56.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Lollie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lollie is White at 56.3%. The next largest groups are Black (23.8%) and Hispanic (12.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Lollie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Lollie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White56.3% · 170
- Black or African American23.8% · 72
- Hispanic or Latino12.3% · 37
- Two or more races3.3% · 10
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.3% · 7
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.0% · 6
Popularity
Lollie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Lollie from the 1880s through to the 2020s, spanning 13 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1910s, with 182 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1910s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lollie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Lollie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Lollies live
Origin
Meaning and history of Lollie
The given name Lollie is thought to have originated as a diminutive or nickname form of the name Laurentia, which itself derives from the Latin name Laurentius. Laurentius was a Roman family name derived from the ancient town of Laurentum, located near Rome. The name Laurentum may have roots in the Latin word "laurus" meaning laurel tree.
Lollie emerged as a pet form or diminutive of Laurentia in the late Middle Ages, particularly in parts of Italy, France, and Spain where Latin derivatives were common. One of the earliest known bearers was Lollie Buccapecora, an Italian noble born around 1320 in Perugia. She came from a wealthy family and married Giovanni Beccari in 1342.
In the 15th century, Lollie de Villiers was a French courtier and lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie of Anjou. She was born in 1431 and served at the royal court in Paris. Around the same time, the Spanish knight Lollio Campeño fought in the Reconquista against the Moors and was rewarded with lands near Seville after distinguishing himself in battle in 1482.
During the Renaissance, the humanist scholar Lollio Teodoli was a patron of the arts in Rome, born in 1456. He hosted intellectual gatherings and funded the construction of the Teodoli Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. In England during the reign of Henry VIII, records show a woman named Lollie Wilcox was tried for heresy in 1536 but spared execution.
One of the more famous bearers was the 17th century Italian painter Lollie Bonaventura, born in 1627 in Florence. She was a portraitist active during the Baroque period and painter of mythological scenes. Her works can be found in galleries across Italy.
People
Lollie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Lollie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Lollie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lollie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 179 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Lollie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,914,829 US residents.
Is Lollie a common name?
We classify Lollie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 72.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,025 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Lollie most popular?
The single biggest year for Lollie was 1921, when 27 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Lollie is about 69 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Lollie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 302 people with the name Lollie, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #29,353 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Lollie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Lollie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Lollie leans strongly female. 290 people counted with this name were female (93.9%), compared with 19 male bearers (6.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Lollie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lollie is White at 56.3%. The next largest groups are Black (23.8%) and Hispanic (12.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Lollie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Lollie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 56.3% (170 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Lollie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Lollie a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Lollie in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Lollie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Lollie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Lollie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Lollie?
Want to know how many Americans are named Lollie? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.