Zlata
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZLAH-ta
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Zlata is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “golden”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Zlata mean?
Slavic
“golden”
From the Slavic word for gold, zlato; the name is used in Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Russian.
Is Zlata a girl's or a boy's name?
Zlata is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zlata in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Zlata, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Zlata of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Zlata in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Zlata in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Zlata in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Zlata, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Zlata in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zlata in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Zlata
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dua, Mila, Ayra, Pippa, Safa, Luna, Ayla, Esme, Zara, Hafsa, Isla, Zoya
Names related to Zlata
More Slavic names
Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah
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, “Zlata: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zlata, updated 20 October 2026.