How Many People Are Named Zola?
people named Zola are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 77,152 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,312 babies named Zola in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
283 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Zola (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zola alive today is about 24 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zola first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2018, to 283 babies. In 2025, 167 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zola has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #365, in 1895. In 2025 it ranked #1,338.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,338 |
| Best rank | #365 (1895) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,491 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zola alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zola were born in California than in any other state: about 250 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zola was given 4.1 times as often in Kentucky, 2.4 times in Oklahoma and 2.4 times in Tennessee.
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