Zala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAH-lah
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Zala is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
Where does Zala come from?
Slavic: Slovene name
Is Zala a girl's or a boy's name?
Zala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zala in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Zala, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zala in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Zala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Zala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 95% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Zala, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. It first appears in the records in 1921.
2025 had the most girls named Zala of any year since it first appeared, in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Zala in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
Names like Zala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Ayra Zainab Abeeha Rahma Hiba Zaha Aiza Zaira Zoha Irha
Names related to Zala
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Zala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zala, updated 20 October 2026.