Zoli

Girls' name

Sultan, through Zoltán

Zoli has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 2011. 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 2011, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Zoli, 2014

1 in 412,000

Zoli over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zoli: meaning, origin, and history

Sultan, through Zoltán

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zoli means

Zoli belongs to the name family reached through Zoli → Zoltán. Its meaning is “sultan”.

Origin, language, and formation

Zoli is used in Hungarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zoltán.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Zoli is pronounced [ˈzoli].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Zoli between 2011 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2011; its best national rank was #11,919 in 2014.

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.

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How common is Zoli?

Zoli had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014: 1 in 412,000; 9 of 3,706,812 births
Among girls only: 1 in 198,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2014: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 285,486 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zoli sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 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 285,486 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zoli. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zolis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zoli was born before 2011 — so the typical Zoli is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 18; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Zoli 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 2011 (9)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #11,919; 2014

Spellings of Zoli

Zoli is not the most common spelling — Lori is, with 25.7% against Zoli's <0.01%.

Lori25.7%341,911
Zoe12.3%163,256
Zoey8.7%115,332
Toni7.5%100,198
Lola7.3%96,892
Jodi6.0%79,695
Tori2.8%37,134
Kali2.4%32,527

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.

Zoli by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,919; 2014
Peak year: 2011; 9 that year
First recorded: 2011
Last recorded: 2014
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zoli

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

Zolana Zolah Zolee Yoli Soli Noli Zolie Zolar Zolani Oli Koli Moli Atoli Zollie Nicoli Tivoli Anjoli Zola Joli Enjoli

Sibling names for Zoli

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

Elin Lilyanna Samiyah Adelle Kamille Kyndall Lillianna Leigha

For a brother

Jadiel Amare Jorden Semaj Giovani Xzavier Jerimiah Rylee

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