The first name Zola
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name created from Zoë or from the surname.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 26 girls were named Zola, making it the 1,229th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Zola with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Zola at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 167 girls born in the United States were named Zola, the 1,338th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2018, when 278 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- How popular is the name Zola?
- In 2025, 26 girls born in England and Wales were named Zola, ranking 1,229th.
- Is Zola a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 9,312 US babies named Zola since 1880 were girls.
- When was Zola most popular?
- 2018 in the United States, when 278 babies were named Zola, its highest rank at 954th.