Xola
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOH-lah
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Xola is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Xola come from?
Possibly Xhosa xola 'be at peace', or a modern coinage
Is Xola a girl's or a boy's name?
Xola is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xola in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Xola, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Xola than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Xola in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xola in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
Names like Xola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amora, Xyla, Ximena, Solana, Marigold, Xena, Xiomara, Luna, Ziva, Nyomi, Alora, Palmer
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Xola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xola, updated 20 October 2026.