How Many People Are Named Zoila?
An estimated 1,487 people in the United States have the first name Zoila. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 37 years old, and Zoila peaked in popularity in 1988 with 35 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Zoila 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 Zoila paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,487
About 1 in 230,501 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
37
years old
Peak Year
1988
35 births
Total Registered
1,883
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Zoila
Zoila is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,883 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Zoila as a female name
Ranked #7,221 in 2024
16 female births in 2024
Peak: 1988 (35 births)
Zoila: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Zoila span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 272 babies were registered. While Zoila is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Zoila by Decade
How has Zoila 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.
Zoila by State
Birth registrations for Zoila span all 5 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, New York. The lowest are in Florida, New Jersey, New York. On average, about 166 Zoilas were registered per state.
Zoila + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Zoila as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Zoila
Other first names starting with Z with a similar number of bearers.
Zoila: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zoila?
We estimate approximately 1,487 people named Zoila 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 230,501 Americans share this first name.
Is Zoila a common name?
Zoila is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,883 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Zoila most popular?
Zoila reached peak popularity in 1988, when 35 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Zoila is approximately 37 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Zoila a female name?
Zoila is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Zoila Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Zoila Smith, Zoila Johnson, Zoila 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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