Zala

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zala: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zala: Recorded since 2004, its highest recorded position is #2,253, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2253highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2011	#5785
2012	#2969
2013	#5742
2014	#3160
2015	#4103
2016	#4763
2017	#4063
2018	#3178
2019	#3151
2020	#3117
2021	#2942
2022	#2488
2023	#4056
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zala in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	49	9 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zala appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2253 in England and Wales in 2024.

Zala's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,253, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adesuwa · #2253, 17y
Amaria · #2253, 10y
Chizara · #2253, 20y
Devanshi · #2253, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Amaria · #2253, 10y
Chizara · #2253, 20y
Elim · #2253, 15y
Maanya · #2253, 14y

Zala and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zala without appearing here.

Zala moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Zala

Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Zala

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zala went from #4598 to #2253 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zala went from #4598 to #2253 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zala went from #4598 to #2253 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zala went from #4598 to #2253 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Zala

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zala went from #4598 to #2253 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zala went from #4598 to #2253 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zala went from #4598 to #2253 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zala went from #4598 to #2253 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2253 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Zala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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