How rare is the name Zoila?

12,487 people in the United States have the first name Zoila, about 1 in 24,188. It ranks #2,137 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZOILA

#2,137

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,487
About
1 in 24,188
This common or more
78.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,487 people named Zoila, 97.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zoila peaked in 1988, when 35 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
35
In 2025*
21 ▼40%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,904 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Zoila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #4,575. The largest share of babies named Zoila, 23.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#6,14445
1920s#5,199104
1930s#4,575105
1940s#5,53784
1950s#5,207123
1960s#4,959160
1970s#4,954227
1980s#5,185272
1990s#6,500269
2000s#10,026202
2010s#10,666199
2020s#10,667114
Greatest Generation 1901–276%
Silent Generation 1928–459.5%
Baby boom 1946–6412.1%
Generation X 1965–8018.5%
Millennials 1981–9623.5%
Generation Z 1997–1217.3%
2013 and later13.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Zoila

#2,135 Jerri · 12,510#2,136 Kori · 12,496#2,138 Destinee · 12,483#2,139 Liberty · 12,481

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zoila, most common first.

#5,363 Zola · 3,216#20,132 Zoilo · 516#24,188 Zoyla · 400

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