Zola — #1102 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zola

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,117 babies named Zola between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zola currently holds the #1102 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 277 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zola performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,524 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zola shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 356 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Zola in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zola 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 9,117 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.