Zola
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOH-la
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,186 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,334 for girls
Zola is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies) and 1,334th for girls in the US (167 babies).
What does Zola mean?
Zulu and Xhosa zola 'calm', or an Italian surname
In Zulu and Xhosa zola means calm; it is also the surname of the French novelist Émile Zola, whose father was Italian.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zola a girl's or a boy's name?
Zola is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK and 167 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zola in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,186th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 9,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Zola, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th.
2025 had the most girls named Zola of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Zola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 88% of the babies named Zola in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Zola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,186 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Zola in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,334th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 167 about 1 in 9,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 167 girls in the US were named Zola, making it the 1,334th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 932nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 278 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Zola than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Zola in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 176 girls in the US were given Zola or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,154, up from #1,334 for this spelling alone.
- Zola 167
- Zolah 9
Zola in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | #1,334 |
| 2024 | 222 | #1,103 |
| 2023 | 219 | #1,120 |
| 2022 | 250 | #1,026 |
| 2021 | 265 | #979 |
| 2020 | 277 | #932 |
| 2019 | 266 | #975 |
| 2018 | 278 | #953 |
| 2017 | 240 | #1,067 |
| 2016 | 186 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2014 | 127 | #1,665 |
| 2013 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2012 | 96 | #2,016 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,988 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 54 | #3,089 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,694 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,597 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,732 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,559 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,647 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,712 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,700 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,678 |
| 1949 | 57 | #1,200 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,301 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,336 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,291 |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,061 |
| 1943 | 63 | #996 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,162 |
| 1941 | 65 | #911 |
| 1940 | 61 | #915 |
| 1939 | 76 | #785 |
| 1938 | 74 | #821 |
| 1937 | 85 | #734 |
| 1936 | 53 | #941 |
| 1935 | 54 | #946 |
| 1934 | 109 | #642 |
| 1933 | 94 | #672 |
| 1932 | 74 | #790 |
| 1931 | 82 | #743 |
| 1930 | 111 | #652 |
| 1929 | 119 | #634 |
| 1928 | 129 | #620 |
| 1927 | 116 | #670 |
| 1926 | 124 | #647 |
| 1925 | 154 | #580 |
| 1924 | 184 | #530 |
| 1923 | 145 | #603 |
| 1922 | 171 | #542 |
| 1921 | 171 | #542 |
| 1920 | 180 | #527 |
| 1919 | 172 | #517 |
| 1918 | 176 | #523 |
| 1917 | 137 | #577 |
| 1916 | 167 | #502 |
| 1915 | 148 | #510 |
| 1914 | 101 | #557 |
| 1913 | 114 | #470 |
| 1912 | 113 | #442 |
| 1911 | 78 | #463 |
| 1910 | 79 | #449 |
| 1909 | 59 | #486 |
| 1908 | 70 | #430 |
| 1907 | 53 | #489 |
| 1906 | 59 | #444 |
| 1905 | 66 | #420 |
| 1904 | 46 | #484 |
| 1903 | 64 | #396 |
| 1902 | 58 | #403 |
| 1901 | 56 | #392 |
| 1900 | 48 | #489 |
| 1899 | 49 | #416 |
| 1898 | 62 | #392 |
| 1897 | 51 | #408 |
| 1896 | 47 | #420 |
| 1895 | 60 | #363 |
| 1894 | 51 | #395 |
| 1893 | 34 | #455 |
| 1892 | 27 | #526 |
| 1891 | 29 | #475 |
| 1890 | 32 | #462 |
| 1889 | 22 | #543 |
| 1888 | 23 | #525 |
| 1887 | 23 | #464 |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 12 | #629 |
| 1884 | 14 | #556 |
| 1883 | 10 | #615 |
| 1882 | 9 | #634 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 7 | #679 |
Names like Zola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Ada, Rosa, Matilda, Cora, Eva, Clara, Nora, Mabel, Flora, Etta, Luna
Names related to Zola
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, “Zola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zola, updated 20 October 2026.