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Zeola vs Zeovanni

American parents have registered 561 Zeolas since 1880, against 39 Zeovannis. But in 2025 it was Zeovanni that was commoner, 7 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Zeola against Zeovanni, 1880 to 2025 0 8 16 24 32 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Zeola Zeovanni

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 54 years in which either name was published, Zeola for 52 years and Zeovanni for 2 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Zeola Zeovanni
Total US births 56139
Most in one year 2432
Babies in 2025 under 57
Estimated living today 10040
Median age today 791
Peak year 19132024
Best rank 1,120th girls3,524th boys
Rank in 2025 unranked9,714th
First recorded 18992024
Girls / boys 561 / 00 / 39

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Zeolas alive today are over 79; half the Zeovannis are over 1. That is 78 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Compare something else

Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Zeola and Zeovanni.