Zola

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zola: Recorded since 1997, it reached #834 in 2020, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#834highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1999	#3225
2001	#3998
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#2509
2007	#2410
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2011	#2636
2012	#2969
2013	#2887
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2016	#2367
2017	#1995
2018	#1977
2019	#2170
2020	#2300
2021	#1454
2022	#1685
2023	#1640
2024	#1406

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1685 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2012–2022
Highest recorded position: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2012–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zola appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 234 births with the name.

Zola across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Zola's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2738 (1997)	#1406 (2024)	#1406 (2024)	26 of 28	234 (1997–2024)	23 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#4805 (2012)	#4789 (2022)	#5119 (2024)	3 of 13	9 (2012–2024)	3 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#907 (2012)	#834 (2020)	#905 (2022)	3 of 11	9 (2012–2022)	3 (2012)

Zola 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 Zola in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	44	9 of 10	5
2010s	91	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	90	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Zola appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #834 in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Zola'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	#1406	23	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1454	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #834, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Aiya · #834, 23y
Carlotta · #834, 29y
Janvi · #834, 28y
Lilliana · #834, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aiya · #834, 23y
Carlotta · #834, 29y
Janvi · #834, 28y
Lilliana · #834, 27y

Zola was ranked #834 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zola 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 Zola without appearing here.

Zola moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2636 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Zola

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Beau Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #1805.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #1893.

Moved the opposite way to Zola

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zola went from #2738 to #1406 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zola went from #2738 to #1406 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zola went from #2738 to #1406 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zola went from #2738 to #1406 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Zola

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zola went from #2738 to #1406 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zola went from #2738 to #1406 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zola went from #2738 to #1406 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zola went from #2738 to #1406 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #834 in Republic of Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zola

Zola at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zola across 3 official records

Zola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Zola across 3 official records

Zola by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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