Zola
- Pronunciation
- [Zo-la]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Congolese Name Meaning "Productive."
- Origin
- African
Zola Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 9,117 baby girls have been named Zola. The name peaked in 2018 with 277 US births that year (rank #955). In 2024, ranked #1106 nationally — 151 places below its 2018 peak.
Top States for Zola
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Zola births are: Kentucky (351), Texas (338), Tennessee (249).
Other African-Origin Names Like Zola
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4-Letter Names Starting with Z
Names with Zola's exact length and starting letter: Zach, Zack, Zada, Zaid, Zaim.
Quick Facts About Zola
US Popularity History (2018–2021)
Annual US births named Zola by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2018 with 277 girls named Zola (girl rank #955 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2021, ranked #981 for girls (265 US births). That's 26 places below its 2018 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Zola Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Zola the strongest states are District of Columbia, South Carolina, Mississippi.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | #215 | 18 |
| 2 | South Carolina | #613 | 49 |
| 3 | Mississippi | #621 | 16 |
| 4 | Alabama | #642 | 24 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #680 | 105 |
| 6 | Georgia | #721 | 134 |
| 7 | Maryland | #733 | 30 |
| 8 | Indiana | #773 | 44 |
| 9 | Missouri | #819 | 36 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | #826 | 38 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Zola in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Zola to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Zola against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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