Zoila

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births

Peak · girls
#1,766
1929 · 21 births
Debut · girls
1911
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,904
since 1911

Zoila over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zoila has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #1,766, 1929girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,72221
2024#6,93216
2023#6,40918
2022#6,98416
2021#6,17419
2020#5,16824
2019#5,61222
2018#6,24819
2017#7,84014
2016#6,90117
2015#5,83322
2014#7,30216
2013#5,14326
2012#6,34120
2011#7,11817
2010#5,24726
2009#4,93129
2008#6,55920
2007#8,52014
2006#6,12521
2005#8,88312
2004#5,55522
2003#4,94325
2002#7,44414
2001#4,32128
2000#6,20817
1999#5,03921
1998#4,23826
1997#5,62617
1996#3,94227
1995#3,42232
1994#3,44832
1993#4,10025
1992#3,86627
1991#3,36932
1990#3,52330
1989#3,10434
1988#2,93135
1987#3,42426
1986#4,34718
1985#2,86032
1984#3,06928
1983#3,43123
1982#4,02519
1981#3,06628
1980#3,00229
1979#3,33324
1978#3,19624
1977#3,61220
1976#3,09523
1975#3,05223
1974#3,00823
1973#3,48118
1972#2,68026
1971#3,06222
1970#2,85624
1969#3,10219
1968#3,05718
1967#2,55823
1966#2,93718
1965#2,93818
1964#4,6369
1963#3,80112
1962#3,78212
1961#2,95718
1960#3,51213
1959#4,6258
1958#2,66319
1957#3,93010
1956#3,49312
1955#3,37712
1954#4,2788
1953#2,81215
1952#4,1238
1951#2,47417
1950#2,78114
1949#2,62015
1948#2,97412
1947#4,7646
1946#3,21710
1945#3,6767
1944—
1943#3,4938
1942#2,98610
1941#2,84610
1940#3,8636
1939#2,30013
1938#2,22514
1937#3,1468
1936#3,1038
1935#2,9269
1934#2,9239
1933#2,8689
1932#2,36513
1931#2,58111
1930#2,69011
1929#1,76621
1928#2,49713
1927#3,8757
1926#3,8737
1925#2,48914
1924#3,6658
1923#3,6418
1922#3,15210
1921#3,4009
1920#3,9577
1919#3,8177
1918#2,67412
1917#3,7137
1916#3,9196
1915#3,4347
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five girls were named Zoila! It came in at #2,191, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Zoila is popular in 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,467 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 18,684 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Zoila, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#1,467 · 1 in 18,684

Best ever in a state: #548 in Texas, 1932.

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See more about Zoila
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,210 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #5,722)
  • 554 spots since 2020 (#5,168 → #5,722)
  • 111 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #5,722)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1929 at #1,766 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 50,882
  • Highest: 1 in 50,882 girls born in 1988 were named Zoila (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,766 in 1929, was only 1 in 53,170 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 14.3% of all girls named Zoila (272) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s45#2,191 (1911)#3,291
1920s104#1,766 (1929)#3,232
1930s105#2,225 (1938)#2,713
1940s84#2,620 (1949)#3,382
1950s123#2,474 (1951)#3,456
1960s160#2,558 (1967)#3,328
1970s227#2,680 (1972)#3,138
1980s272#2,860 (1985)#3,326
1990s269#3,369 (1991)#4,057
2000s202#4,321 (2001)#6,349
2010s199#5,143 (2013)#6,359
2020s114#5,168 (2020)#6,232

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zoila in 1973

girls
#3,481
18 births · 1 in 81,012 girls

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #3,481Zoila18
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 81,012 of them was named Zoila, which outranked 64.5% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zoila
  1. #3,342Vena19
  2. #3,342Veronika19
  3. #3,342Virgie19
  4. #3,481Zoila18
  5. #3,481Abena18
  6. #3,481Alona18
  7. #3,481Amada18
  8. #3,635Alicea17
  9. #3,635Alise17
  10. #3,635Alnisa17

Tied with 153 names at #3,481; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →