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Baby name
Zola
Girl
Origin of the name
Zola is an Italian surname, made famous by the French writer Émile Zola; it is also a name in Central Africa.
Comeback name
9,286births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 953rank at its peak, in 2018
Where babies named Zola are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Zola is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Zola is most common in Kentucky (4.2 times), Tennessee (2.5) and Missouri (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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