Meaning not yet researched.
Zola: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 167 in 2025. Its best rank was #365 in 1895.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #365 in 1895; #1,338 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Zola in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,338 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1895, at #365.
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Zola: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 167 girls in 2025. Peak: #365 in 1895 · most girls in one year: 278 (2018).
In 2025, 167 US girls were named Zola, making it the 1,338th most common girls’ name of the year, down 234 places from #1,104 in 2024. That is 55 fewer than the 222 girls named Zola in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #365, reached in 1895. The most girls given the name in a single year was 278, in 2018. For comparison, it was #1,654 in 2015 and #1,718 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Zola in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 9,312 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,530 babies named Zola.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,370 US girls were named Zola; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 278. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,624 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Zola ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #730 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Zora (10,248 babies since 1880) and Zula (4,450 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sula, Soila and Zulay are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Swazi. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sula (1,404), Soila (826), Zulay (525), Sola (272), Soyla (204), Solai (174), Solae (140), Zolah (74), Solay (66), Zulai (22), Zoyla (15), Soula (5), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Zola in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 37 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 7 | #730 | — |
| Indiana | 8 | #814 | — |
| North Carolina | 12 | #833 | #1,226 |
| Michigan | 8 | #964 | #1,489 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #981 | #1,250 |
| Georgia | 10 | #982 | #1,494 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #1,013 | #1,020 |
| Illinois | 9 | #1,013 | — |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,269 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,379 | #1,401 |
| New York | 10 | #1,416 | #1,959 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,434 | #2,408 |
| Texas | 11 | #2,035 | #3,787 |
| California | 7 | #2,764 | #2,151 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | #1,338 | — | — |
| 2024 | 222 | #1,104 | — | — |
| 2023 | 219 | #1,123 | — | — |
| 2022 | 250 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 2021 | 265 | #982 | — | — |
| 2020 | 277 | #935 | — | — |
| 2019 | 266 | #977 | — | — |
| 2018 | 278 | #954 | 5 | #14,108 |
| 2017 | 240 | #1,068 | — | — |
| 2016 | 186 | #1,293 | — | — |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,654 | — | — |
| 2014 | 127 | #1,673 | — | — |
| 2013 | 101 | #1,967 | — | — |
| 2012 | 96 | #2,027 | — | — |
| 2011 | 57 | #3,013 | — | — |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,623 | — | — |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,360 | — | — |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,476 | — | — |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,600 | — | — |
| 2006 | 54 | #3,134 | — | — |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,117 | — | — |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,376 | — | — |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,306 | — | — |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,390 | — | — |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,445 | — | — |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,648 | — | — |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,218 | — | — |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,258 | — | — |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,718 | — | — |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,578 | — | — |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,780 | — | — |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,317 | — | — |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,587 | — | — |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,607 | — | — |
| 1991 | 9 | #9,333 | — | — |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,678 | — | — |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,881 | — | — |
| 1987 | 5 | #13,259 | — | — |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,520 | — | — |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,560 | — | — |
| 1983 | 6 | #10,274 | — | — |
| 1981 | 5 | #12,196 | — | — |
| 1980 | 5 | #12,160 | — | — |
| 1979 | 6 | #10,206 | — | — |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,213 | — | — |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,442 | — | — |
| 1976 | 6 | #9,283 | — | — |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,982 | — | — |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,775 | — | — |
| 1973 | 11 | #5,189 | — | — |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,479 | — | — |
| 1971 | 15 | #4,122 | — | — |
| 1970 | 15 | #4,037 | — | — |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,454 | — | — |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,486 | — | — |
| 1967 | 12 | #4,051 | — | — |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,399 | — | — |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,261 | — | — |
| 1964 | 9 | #5,007 | — | — |
| 1963 | 12 | #4,018 | — | — |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,921 | — | — |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,542 | — | — |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,648 | — | — |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,719 | — | — |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,320 | — | — |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,167 | — | — |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,616 | — | — |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,773 | — | — |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,584 | — | — |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,670 | — | — |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,745 | — | — |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,739 | — | — |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,718 | — | — |
| 1949 | 57 | #1,209 | — | — |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,498 | — | — |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,317 | — | — |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,359 | — | — |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,311 | — | — |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 1943 | 63 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,179 | — | — |
| 1941 | 65 | #917 | — | — |
| 1940 | 61 | #927 | — | — |
| 1939 | 76 | #789 | — | — |
| 1938 | 74 | #825 | — | — |
| 1937 | 85 | #740 | — | — |
| 1936 | 53 | #950 | — | — |
| 1935 | 54 | #953 | — | — |
| 1934 | 109 | #643 | — | — |
| 1933 | 94 | #677 | — | — |
| 1932 | 74 | #794 | — | — |
| 1931 | 82 | #747 | — | — |
| 1930 | 111 | #654 | — | — |
| 1929 | 119 | #637 | — | — |
| 1928 | 129 | #621 | — | — |
| 1927 | 116 | #674 | — | — |
| 1926 | 124 | #651 | — | — |
| 1925 | 154 | #582 | — | — |
| 1924 | 184 | #531 | — | — |
| 1923 | 145 | #606 | 5 | #4,903 |
| 1922 | 171 | #547 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1921 | 171 | #543 | — | — |
| 1920 | 180 | #528 | — | — |
| 1919 | 172 | #519 | — | — |
| 1918 | 176 | #525 | — | — |
| 1917 | 137 | #581 | 5 | #4,602 |
| 1916 | 167 | #505 | 6 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 148 | #512 | — | — |
| 1914 | 101 | #561 | — | — |
| 1913 | 114 | #471 | — | — |
| 1912 | 113 | #444 | — | — |
| 1911 | 78 | #466 | — | — |
| 1910 | 79 | #455 | — | — |
| 1909 | 59 | #487 | — | — |
| 1908 | 70 | #435 | — | — |
| 1907 | 53 | #496 | — | — |
| 1906 | 59 | #446 | — | — |
| 1905 | 66 | #422 | — | — |
| 1904 | 46 | #490 | — | — |
| 1903 | 64 | #399 | — | — |
| 1902 | 58 | #406 | — | — |
| 1901 | 56 | #396 | — | — |
| 1900 | 48 | #493 | — | — |
| 1899 | 49 | #420 | — | — |
| 1898 | 62 | #392 | — | — |
| 1897 | 51 | #413 | — | — |
| 1896 | 47 | #423 | — | — |
| 1895 | 60 | #365 | — | — |
| 1894 | 51 | #397 | — | — |
| 1893 | 34 | #463 | — | — |
| 1892 | 27 | #539 | — | — |
| 1891 | 29 | #482 | — | — |
| 1890 | 32 | #467 | — | — |
| 1889 | 22 | #554 | — | — |
| 1888 | 23 | #532 | — | — |
| 1887 | 23 | #470 | — | — |
| 1886 | 8 | #896 | — | — |
| 1885 | 12 | #657 | — | — |
| 1884 | 14 | #582 | — | — |
| 1883 | 10 | #650 | — | — |
| 1882 | 9 | #677 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #581 | — | — |
| 1880 | 7 | #737 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).