Zola Girl
How popular is Zola?
#1,334 girl name in 2025
167 baby girls were named Zola in the US in 2025, making it the 1334th most popular girl name.
Zola popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,334 for girls (▼ 231 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 167 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,643 in 2015, #932 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (278 girls) |
| Highest rank | #363 in 1895 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zola counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zola family of names ranked #1,106 for girls in 2025 (#973 the year before), with 176 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zola | 167 | 95% |
| Zolah | 9 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zola is most popular
Babies named Zola per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (71 girls)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 girls)
Zola by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 138 | #464 |
| 1890s | 442 | #363 |
| 1900s | 579 | #392 |
| 1910s | 1,285 | #442 |
| 1920s | 1,493 | #527 |
| 1930s | 812 | #642 |
| 1940s | 514 | #911 |
| 1950s | 348 | #1,559 |
| 1960s | 149 | #2,473 |
| 1970s | 100 | #3,871 |
| 1980s | 51 | #6,952 |
| 1990s | 90 | #5,033 |
| 2000s | 360 | #3,089 |
| 2010s | 1,525 | #953 |
| 2020s | 1,400 | #932 |
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Questions
- Is Zola a boy or girl name?
- Zola is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zola were girls.
- How popular is the name Zola?
- 167 baby girls were named Zola in the US in 2025, making it the 1334th most popular girl name.
- When was Zola most popular?
- Zola peaked in 2018, when 278 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #363 in 1895.
- How many people are named Zola?
- 9,312 babies have been named Zola in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,522 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Zola most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zola was most common in District of Columbia, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.