Holding steady.
Popularity of Zenola since 1915
Babies named Zenola per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1953, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Zenola's real moment was 1919.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 |
| 1920s | 28 |
| 1930s | 11 |
| 1940s | 11 |
| 1950s | 27 |
| 1960s | 6 |
| 1970s | 5 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Zenola is a rare American given name that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915, at the dawn of the 1910s. It reached its peak popularity in 1919, but even then it was used for only a handful of girls. The name has remained stable at extremely low usage ever since, never entering the top 1000. Its formation mirrors the creative naming trends of the early 20th century, blending a fashionable prefix with a melodic suffix. While it never spread to any state with notable frequency, Zenola offers a window into the inventive spirit of American naming in the 1910s.
Zenola appears to be a 20th-century American coinage, likely formed by blending the fashionable prefix Zen- (as in Zenobia or Zena) with the popular suffix -ola. It emerged during the 1910s, a period that saw many inventive feminine names. The name never achieved widespread usage and remains rare.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Zena, Nola
Sibling names for Zenola
Names that share Zenola's style, for a brother or sister.
