Zela
Girl · ZEL-uh
Zela is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Zela mean?
Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Zella or Zelda
Zela in Asia Minor was the site of Julius Caesar's 47 BC victory, reported with the words 'veni, vidi, vici'.
- Say it
- ZEL-uh
Is Zela a girl's or a boy's name?
Zela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Zela, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the girls named Zela in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 135 girls in the US were given Zela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,373, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
- Zella 117
- Zela 12
- Zelah 6
Zela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,991 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,541 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 12 | #931 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 8 | #950 |
Names like Zela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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