Voula

Girls' name

Diminutive of Paraskevi

Voula has been given to 64 babies in the U.S. since 1960. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1971, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Voula, 1980

1 in 492,000

Voula over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Voula: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Paraskevi

Greek

What Voula means

Voula is a diminutive of Paraskevi.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Voula is used in Greek.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈvu.la/ for Voula.

Origin, language, and formation

Voula is used in English. Its origins include Greek.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Paraskevi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 64 girls were recorded with the name Voula between 1960 and 1980. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1971; its best national rank was #4,804 in 1971.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Voula?

Voula had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1980, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1980: 1 in 492,000; 7 of 3,444,198 births
Among girls only: 1 in 237,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1980: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 341,049 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Voula sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1980 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 341,049 children born in 1980 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Voula. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Voulas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Voula was born before 1971 — so the typical Voula is around 54 today.

Median birth year: 1971; About 54 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 64.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 64; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 64.1% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Voula rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1971 (12)
Years since peak: 54; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,804; 1971

Spellings of Voula

Voula is not the most common spelling — Paula is, with 36.5% against Voula's <0.01%.

Paula36.5%280,856
Viola17.3%132,993
Lola12.6%96,892
Lula11.1%85,248
Eula6.1%47,159
Ola3.9%29,651
Nola3.4%26,262
Vonda1.3%10,312

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Voula around the world

Where Voula ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1959–2000
#727
in 2000

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Voula by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,804; 1971
Peak year: 1971; 12 that year
First recorded: 1960
Last recorded: 1980
All-time count: 64
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Voula

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Toula Koula Nebula Roula Alula Iula Shaula Angula Thula Hula Loula Yula Kaula Azula Cula Talula Tallula Tuula Ersula Dula Rula Tangula Arsula Petula

Sibling names for Voula

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Trena Charisse Darcie Michell Tressa Kerrie Nicola Latonia

For a brother

Shon Darrick Judd Douglass Alfonzo Scottie Erich Edwardo

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