Zola is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2018 and remains in steady use.
Zola is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,338 for girl births in the United States (and #2,509 across all names), given to 167 babies. Zola first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2018 (278 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | 167 | #1,338 | — |
| 2024 | 222 | 222 | #1,104 | — |
| 2023 | 219 | 219 | #1,123 | — |
| 2022 | 250 | 250 | #1,029 | — |
| 2021 | 265 | 265 | #982 | — |
| 2020 | 277 | 277 | #935 | — |
| 2019 | 266 | 266 | #977 | — |
| 2018 | 283 | 283 | #954 | #14,108 |
| 2017 | 240 | 240 | #1,068 | — |
| 2016 | 186 | 186 | #1,293 | — |
| 2015 | 130 | 130 | #1,654 | — |
| 2014 | 127 | 127 | #1,673 | — |
| 2013 | 101 | 101 | #1,967 | — |
| 2012 | 96 | 96 | #2,027 | — |
| 2011 | 57 | 57 | #3,013 | — |
| 2010 | 44 | 44 | #3,623 | — |
| 2009 | 50 | 50 | #3,360 | — |
| 2008 | 48 | 48 | #3,476 | — |
| 2007 | 46 | 46 | #3,600 | — |
| 2006 | 54 | 54 | #3,134 | — |
| 2005 | 35 | 35 | #4,117 | — |
| 2004 | 24 | 24 | #5,376 | — |
| 2003 | 31 | 31 | #4,306 | — |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | #6,390 | — |
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | #4,445 | — |
| 2000 | 26 | 26 | #4,648 | — |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | #5,218 | — |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | #9,258 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | — | #13,718 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #9,578 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #11,780 | — |
| 1994 | 15 | — | #6,317 | — |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #10,587 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #15,607 | — |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #9,333 | — |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #9,678 | — |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #13,881 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #13,259 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #8,520 | — |
| 1985 | 9 | — | #7,560 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | — | #10,274 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #12,196 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #12,160 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #10,206 | — |
| 1978 | 13 | — | #5,213 | — |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #8,442 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #9,283 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #7,982 | — |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #5,775 | — |
| 1973 | 11 | — | #5,189 | — |
| 1972 | 10 | — | #5,479 | — |
| 1971 | 15 | — | #4,122 | — |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #4,037 | — |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #5,454 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,486 | — |
| 1967 | 12 | — | #4,051 | — |
| 1966 | 15 | — | #3,399 | — |
| 1965 | 16 | — | #3,261 | — |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #5,007 | — |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #4,018 | — |
| 1962 | 19 | — | #2,921 | — |
| 1961 | 24 | — | #2,542 | — |
| 1960 | 22 | — | #2,648 | — |
| 1959 | 42 | — | #1,719 | — |
| 1958 | 25 | — | #2,320 | — |
| 1957 | 27 | — | #2,167 | — |
| 1956 | 44 | — | #1,616 | — |
| 1955 | 36 | — | #1,773 | — |
| 1954 | 42 | — | #1,584 | — |
| 1953 | 36 | — | #1,670 | — |
| 1952 | 33 | — | #1,745 | — |
| 1951 | 32 | — | #1,739 | — |
| 1950 | 31 | — | #1,718 | — |
| 1949 | 57 | — | #1,209 | — |
| 1948 | 39 | — | #1,498 | — |
| 1947 | 49 | — | #1,317 | — |
| 1946 | 42 | — | #1,359 | — |
| 1945 | 38 | — | #1,311 | — |
| 1944 | 54 | — | #1,071 | — |
| 1943 | 63 | — | #1,004 | — |
| 1942 | 46 | — | #1,179 | — |
| 1941 | 65 | — | #917 | — |
| 1940 | 61 | — | #927 | — |
| 1939 | 76 | — | #789 | — |
| 1938 | 74 | — | #825 | — |
| 1937 | 85 | — | #740 | — |
| 1936 | 53 | — | #950 | — |
| 1935 | 54 | — | #953 | — |
| 1934 | 109 | — | #643 | — |
| 1933 | 94 | — | #677 | — |
| 1932 | 74 | — | #794 | — |
| 1931 | 82 | — | #747 | — |
| 1930 | 111 | — | #654 | — |
| 1929 | 119 | — | #637 | — |
| 1928 | 129 | — | #621 | — |
| 1927 | 116 | — | #674 | — |
| 1926 | 124 | — | #651 | — |
| 1925 | 154 | — | #582 | — |
| 1924 | 184 | — | #531 | — |
| 1923 | 150 | — | #606 | #4,903 |
| 1922 | 176 | — | #547 | #4,966 |
| 1921 | 171 | — | #543 | — |
| 1920 | 180 | — | #528 | — |
| 1919 | 172 | — | #519 | — |
| 1918 | 176 | — | #525 | — |
| 1917 | 142 | — | #581 | #4,602 |
| 1916 | 173 | — | #505 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 148 | — | #512 | — |
| 1914 | 101 | — | #561 | — |
| 1913 | 114 | — | #471 | — |
| 1912 | 113 | — | #444 | — |
| 1911 | 78 | — | #466 | — |
| 1910 | 79 | — | #455 | — |
| 1909 | 59 | — | #487 | — |
| 1908 | 70 | — | #435 | — |
| 1907 | 53 | — | #496 | — |
| 1906 | 59 | — | #446 | — |
| 1905 | 66 | — | #422 | — |
| 1904 | 46 | — | #490 | — |
| 1903 | 64 | — | #399 | — |
| 1902 | 58 | — | #406 | — |
| 1901 | 56 | — | #396 | — |
| 1900 | 48 | — | #493 | — |
| 1899 | 49 | — | #420 | — |
| 1898 | 62 | — | #392 | — |
| 1897 | 51 | — | #413 | — |
| 1896 | 47 | — | #423 | — |
| 1895 | 60 | — | #365 | — |
| 1894 | 51 | — | #397 | — |
| 1893 | 34 | — | #463 | — |
| 1892 | 27 | — | #539 | — |
| 1891 | 29 | — | #482 | — |
| 1890 | 32 | — | #467 | — |
| 1889 | 22 | — | #554 | — |
| 1888 | 23 | — | #532 | — |
| 1887 | 23 | — | #470 | — |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #896 | — |
| 1885 | 12 | — | #657 | — |
| 1884 | 14 | — | #582 | — |
| 1883 | 10 | — | #650 | — |
| 1882 | 9 | — | #677 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #581 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #737 | — |