Zoella — #6178 US girls' name
296 babies named Zoella in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Zoella was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Zoella in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zoella
The Social Security Administration has registered 296 babies named Zoella between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zoella currently holds the #6178 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zoella performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zoella shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zoella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zoella in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 296 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zoella at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zoella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1920
- Peak year (2022)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #6178 among girls.
296 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 41 births in a single year.
Zoella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 143 births that decade — 48% of Zoella's all-time total
Zoella decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Runner-up 143 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zoella's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Zoella by state
Where Zoella concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 2.4% |
7 of 296 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.