Zula Girl
How popular is Zula?
#14,938 girl name in 2025
5 baby girls were named Zula in the US in 2025, making it the 14938th most popular girl name.
Zula popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #14,938 for girls (▼ 7691 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5 girls |
| 10-year trend | New in the last 10 years |
| Earlier ranks | #7,964 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1922 (127 girls) |
| Highest rank | #301 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zula counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zulay family of names ranked #5,115 for girls in 2025 (#3,302 the year before), with 12 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zulay | 7 | 58% |
| Zula | 5 | 42% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zula is most popular
Babies named Zula per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Zula by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 341 | #301 |
| 1890s | 639 | #312 |
| 1900s | 662 | #371 |
| 1910s | 892 | #487 |
| 1920s | 872 | #651 |
| 1930s | 487 | #847 |
| 1940s | 258 | #1,310 |
| 1950s | 113 | #2,435 |
| 1960s | 30 | #5,167 |
| 2000s | 10 | #15,426 |
| 2010s | 73 | #6,694 |
| 2020s | 73 | #7,242 |
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Questions
- Is Zula a boy or girl name?
- Zula is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zula were girls.
- How popular is the name Zula?
- 5 baby girls were named Zula in the US in 2025, making it the 14938th most popular girl name.
- When was Zula most popular?
- Zula peaked in 1922, when 127 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #301 in 1881.
- How many people are named Zula?
- 4,450 babies have been named Zula in the US since 1880. We estimate about 594 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 78.
- Where is Zula most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zula was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.