Lota

Popularity Trends

The name Lota is the #7,153 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 586 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 7.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,130 (10.2% percentile) for all time with 586 births since 1881.

Lota first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for girls in 1881). Birth data for Lota is available in 60 out of the 67 years between 1881 and 1947. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Lota reached its peak popularity in 1912, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #452) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1881, with 71 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1947.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lota".

1881 1947 18811947

Key Statistics

Total Births

586

Peak Births

Peak Year

1912

First Recorded

1881

Peak Percentile

3.2%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#452

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Lota.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lota", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Lota.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Lota's popularity from 1880 to 1950 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Lota at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Lota range from Elta at 87.3% correlation to Gussie at 84.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 85.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Dollie with 19.3K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Texie with 677 births (100% girls).

Lota's share of births peaked at 70.8 births per million for girls in 1912. It reached its lowest point of 3.9 births per million (5% of peak) in 1947. In 1947, the most recent period with data, the name Lota had 3.9 births per million, 5% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Elta

1,415

87.26% (very strong)

Dollie

19.3k

86.18% (very strong)

Catharine

13k

85.68% (very strong)

Pleas

831

85.39% (very strong)

Texie

677

85.20% (very strong)

Zula

4,430

85.19% (very strong)

Artie

10.8k

85.05% (very strong)

Lige

1,280

84.77% (very strong)

Lonie

2,755

84.69% (very strong)

Alpha

9,888

84.67% (very strong)

Ludie

2,957

84.66% (very strong)

Gussie

14.2k

84.39% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Lota

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Lota. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Lota is pronounced as LOH-tuh, which has 2 syllables.

LOH-tuh

100.0%

LOH-tuh (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

L OW1 T AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L OW1 T AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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