How Many People Are Named Zala?
An estimated 230 people in the United States have the first name Zala. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 8 years old, and Zala peaked in popularity in 2022 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Zala as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Zala paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
230
About 1 in 1,490,236 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
8
years old
Peak Year
2022
27 births
Total Registered
244
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Zala
Zala is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 244 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Zala as a female name
Ranked #5,276 in 2024
25 female births in 2024
Peak: 2022 (27 births)
Zala: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Zala span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 109 babies were registered. Zala remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Zala by Decade
How has Zala tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Zala by State
Zala + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Zala as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Zala
Other first names starting with Z with a similar number of bearers.
Zala: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zala?
We estimate approximately 230 people named Zala are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,490,236 Americans share this first name.
Is Zala a common name?
Zala is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 244 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Zala most popular?
Zala reached peak popularity in 2022, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Zala is approximately 8 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Zala a female name?
Zala is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Zala Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Zala Smith, Zala Johnson, Zala Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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