Zola

#1,334 for girls in 2025, 167 births · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1895 · 60 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,286
since 1880

Zola over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zola has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #363, 1895girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,334167—
2024#1,103222—
2023#1,120219—
2022#1,026250—
2021#979265—
2020#932277—
2019#975266—
2018#953278#12,1565
2017#1,067240—
2016#1,291186—
2015#1,643130—
2014#1,665127—
2013#1,953101—
2012#2,01696—
2011#2,98957—
2010#3,57244—
2009#3,29850—
2008#3,42048—
2007#3,53146—
2006#3,09054—
2005#4,02935—
2004#5,20824—
2003#4,22031—
2002#6,12918—
2001#4,32128—
2000#4,52726—
1999#5,03921—
1998#8,58410—
1997#12,0706—
1996#8,8129—
1995#10,5147—
1994#5,98415—
1993#9,5598—
1992#13,3175—
1991#8,5889—
1990——
1989#8,7618—
1988#11,7985—
1987#11,3255—
1986#7,7498—
1985#6,9559—
1984——
1983#9,0156—
1982——
1981#10,4115—
1980#10,3925—
1979#9,0106—
1978#4,93113—
1977#7,5677—
1976#8,1566—
1975#7,1737—
1974#5,36010—
1973#4,87111—
1972#5,10910—
1971#3,94315—
1970#3,87215—
1969#5,0579—
1968#4,22211—
1967#3,84512—
1966#3,26615—
1965#3,14916—
1964#4,6369—
1963#3,80112—
1962#2,81419—
1961#2,47424—
1960#2,57322—
1959#1,69542—
1958#2,26025—
1957#2,12127—
1956#1,59844—
1955#1,73336—
1954#1,56042—
1953#1,64836—
1952#1,71333—
1951#1,70132—
1950#1,67931—
1949#1,20157—
1948#1,47339—
1947#1,30249—
1946#1,33742—
1945#1,29238—
1944#1,06254—
1943#99663—
1942#1,16246—
1941#91165—
1940#91561—
1939#78576—
1938#82174—
1937#73485—
1936#94153—
1935#94654—
1934#642109—
1933#67294—
1932#79074—
1931#74382—
1930#652111—
1929#634119—
1928#620129—
1927#670116—
1926#647124—
1925#580154—
1924#530184—
1923#603145#4,2395
1922#542171#4,3075
1921#542171—
1920#527180—
1919#517172—
1918#523176—
1917#577137#3,9815
1916#502167#3,5166
1915#510148—
1914#557101—
1913#470114—
1912#442113—
1911#46378—
1910#44979—
1909#48659—
1908#43070—
1907#48953—
1906#44459—
1905#42066—
1904#48446—
1903#39664—
1902#40358—
1901#39256—
1900#48948—
1899#41649—
1898#39262—
1897#40851—
1896#42047—
1895#36360—
1894#39551—
1893#45534—
1892#52627—
1891#47529—
1890#46232—
1889#54322—
1888#52523—
1887#46423—
1886#8288—
1885#62912—
1884#55614—
1883#61510—
1882#6349—
1881#53910—
1880#6797—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zola was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1980–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Zola is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Zola
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 231 spots since 2024 (#1,103 → #1,334)
  • 402 spots since 2020 (#932 → #1,334)
  • 309 spots since 2015 (#1,643 → #1,334)
  • Biggest jump: 364 spots in 1887 (#828 → #464)
  • Biggest drop: 304 spots in 1935 (#642 → #946)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1895 at #363 (60 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 62 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1941
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,894
  • Highest: 1 in 3,894 girls born in 1895 were named Zola (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,624 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 16.4% of all girls named Zola (1,525) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s138#464 (1887)#601
1890s442#363 (1895)#431
1900s579#392 (1901)#443
1910s1,285#442 (1912)#501
1920s1,493#527 (1920)#590
1930s812#642 (1934)#773
1940s514#911 (1941)#1,165
1950s348#1,560 (1954)#1,771
1960s149#2,474 (1961)#3,584
1970s100#3,872 (1970)#5,999
1980s51#6,955 (1985)#9,551
1990s90#5,039 (1999)#9,163
2000s360#3,090 (2006)#4,177
2010s1,525#953 (2018)#1,812
2020s1,400#932 (2020)#1,082

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.

Zola in 1905

girls
#420
66 births · 1 in 4,418 girls

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #420Zola66
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 4,418 of them was named Zola, which outranked 81.2% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zola
  1. #413Mandy67
  2. #413Natalie67
  3. #413Rubye67
  4. #420Zola66
  5. #420Agatha66
  6. #420Berniece66
  7. #423Idella64
  8. #423Rosemary64
  9. #423Wilda64

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,052Orma#1,877 → #825
  2. ↑ 951Doretha#1,877 → #926
  3. ↑ 909Doshie#1,877 → #968
  4. ↑ 862Sydney#1,659 → #797
  5. ↑ 834Dulcie#1,659 → #825
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Luberta#805 → #1,931
  2. ↓ 966Diane#965 → #1,931
  3. ↓ 966Pearly#965 → #1,931
  4. ↓ 843Melinda#853 → #1,696
  5. ↓ 765Izora#773 → #1,538

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →