Zoilo

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Zoilo has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 1986. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1986, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Zoilo, 2006

1 in 791,000

Zoilo over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zoilo: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zoilo means

Zoilo is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Zoilo is used in Cebuano, Italian and Spanish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Zoilo is pronounced /ˈθoilo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Zoilo between 1986 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1986; its best national rank was #7,822 in 1986.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Zoilo?

Zoilo had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 791,000; 5 of 3,956,166 births
Among boys only: 1 in 411,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 548,442 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zoilo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zoilo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zoilos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zoilo was born before 1990 — so the typical Zoilo is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 15; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Zoilo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1986 (5)
Years since peak: 39; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #7,822; 1986

Spellings of Zoilo

Zoilo is not the most common spelling — Milo is, with 88.9% against Zoilo's 0.03%.

Milo88.9%43,847
Shilo2.6%1,270
Rollo1.9%949
Orlo1.9%920
Polo1.2%599
Kailo1.2%583
Oslo1.2%581
Toivo1.1%535

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Zoilo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,822; 1986
Peak year: 1986; 5 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zoilo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Cailo Khilo Khailo Xilo Zilo Mailo Silo Hilo Rilo Ermilo Niilo Juilo Thilo Emilo Murilo Mykhailo Shailo Kilo Ilo Ailo Damilo Eilo Lilo Philo

Sibling names for Zoilo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Domonique Keshia Shantell Linsey Candis Corey Kristan Sade

For a brother

Whitney Shea Derik Derrell Darell Marques Elizabeth Kelsey

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