Zoila

Q: What does Zoila mean?

Zoila is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “life”, Spanish feminine of Zoilo, from Greek Zoilos. The masculine form honours Saint Zoilus, an early 4th-century martyr of Córdoba in Spain.

Gender: Girl
Say it: SOY-la
Origin: Greek
US rank, 2025: #5,721 for girls

Zoila is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).

What does Zoila mean?

Greek: Spanish feminine of Zoilo, from Greek Zoilos

“life”

The masculine form honours Saint Zoilus, an early 4th-century martyr of Córdoba in Spain.

Is Zoila a girl's or a boy's name?

Zoila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zoila in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,721st among girls
Babies in 2025: 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady down 15% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Zoila, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.

2025 had more girls named Zoila than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Zoila in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1911Busiest: 35 in 19882025

Zoila in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	21	#5,721
2024	16	#6,928
2023	18	#6,404
2022	16	#6,979
2021	19	#6,170
2020	24	#5,165
2019	22	#5,608
2018	19	#6,244
2017	14	#7,836
2016	17	#6,898
2015	22	#5,831
2014	16	#7,300
2013	26	#5,141
2012	20	#6,338
2011	17	#7,115
2010	26	#5,245
2009	29	#4,930
2008	20	#6,556
2007	14	#8,516
2006	21	#6,123
2005	12	#8,878
2004	22	#5,551
2003	25	#4,938
2002	14	#7,438
2001	28	#4,317
2000	17	#6,202
1999	21	#5,033
1998	26	#4,235
1997	17	#5,622
1996	27	#3,937
1995	32	#3,417
1994	32	#3,443
1993	25	#4,095
1992	27	#3,860
1991	32	#3,363
1990	30	#3,518
1989	34	#3,098
1988	35	#2,926
1987	26	#3,421
1986	18	#4,344
1985	32	#2,859
1984	28	#3,068
1983	23	#3,430
1982	19	#4,024
1981	28	#3,066
1980	29	#3,002
1979	24	#3,333
1978	24	#3,196
1977	20	#3,611
1976	23	#3,094
1975	23	#3,052
1974	23	#3,008
1973	18	#3,480
1972	26	#2,680
1971	22	#3,062
1970	24	#2,856
1969	19	#3,101
1968	18	#3,056
1967	23	#2,558
1966	18	#2,936
1965	18	#2,937
1964	9	#4,635
1963	12	#3,800
1962	12	#3,781
1961	18	#2,956
1960	13	#3,511
1959	8	#4,624
1958	19	#2,662
1957	10	#3,929
1956	12	#3,492
1955	12	#3,376
1954	8	#4,276
1953	15	#2,811
1952	8	#4,122
1951	17	#2,473
1950	14	#2,780
1949	15	#2,619
1948	12	#2,973
1947	6	#4,762
1946	10	#3,216
1945	7	#3,674
1944	0	–
1943	8	#3,492
1942	10	#2,984
1941	10	#2,844
1940	6	#3,861
1939	13	#2,300
1938	14	#2,225
1937	8	#3,145
1936	8	#3,101
1935	9	#2,924
1934	9	#2,922
1933	9	#2,867
1932	13	#2,363
1931	11	#2,579
1930	11	#2,689
1929	21	#1,765
1928	13	#2,496
1927	7	#3,873
1926	7	#3,872
1925	14	#2,488
1924	8	#3,663
1923	8	#3,640
1922	10	#3,150
1921	9	#3,399
1920	7	#3,955
1919	7	#3,815
1918	12	#2,673
1917	7	#3,711
1916	6	#3,917
1915	7	#3,433
1914	0	–
1913	0	–
1912	0	–
1911	6	#2,191

Names like Zoila

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lara, Tessa, Athena, Ana, Mara, Alexandra, Elena, Melissa, Angelica, Selena, Angela, Cassandra

Names related to Zoila

Zola, Zaila, Zilah

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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, “Zoila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zoila, updated 20 October 2026.