Zayla
#1,008 for girls in 2025, 248 births
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 351 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,949since 1994
Zayla over time
Rank among girls' names. Zayla has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,008 | 248 |
| 2024 | #987 | 262 |
| 2023 | #800 | 351 |
| 2022 | #829 | 338 |
| 2021 | #920 | 289 |
| 2020 | #1,138 | 209 |
| 2019 | #1,119 | 217 |
| 2018 | #1,106 | 223 |
| 2017 | #1,178 | 208 |
| 2016 | #1,278 | 189 |
| 2015 | #1,372 | 172 |
| 2014 | #1,233 | 198 |
| 2013 | #1,470 | 151 |
| 2012 | #1,530 | 144 |
| 2011 | #1,661 | 128 |
| 2010 | #1,928 | 104 |
| 2009 | #2,286 | 85 |
| 2008 | #2,511 | 75 |
| 2007 | #3,247 | 52 |
| 2006 | #2,701 | 66 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Zayla! It came in at #9,586, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1996, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Zayla is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#432 · 1 in 1,601
- Alabama#536 · 1 in 2,418
- Kentucky#716 · 1 in 3,696
- South Carolina#737 · 1 in 3,652
- Colorado#783 · 1 in 3,874
Best ever in a state: #189 in New Mexico, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,601 |
| Alabama | #536 | 8 | 1 in 2,418 |
| Kentucky | #716 | 5 | 1 in 3,696 |
| South Carolina | #737 | 5 | 1 in 3,652 |
| Colorado | #783 | 6 | 1 in 3,874 |
| Indiana | #805 | 7 | 1 in 4,363 |
| Tennessee | #940 | 6 | 1 in 5,186 |
| Missouri | #952 | 5 | 1 in 5,422 |
| Georgia | #1,044 | 8 | 1 in 6,025 |
| North Carolina | #1,073 | 7 | 1 in 6,446 |
| Washington | #1,100 | 5 | 1 in 6,280 |
| Arizona | #1,102 | 5 | 1 in 6,341 |
| Texas | #1,146 | 23 | 1 in 7,251 |
| New Jersey | #1,165 | 5 | 1 in 7,422 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,222 | 6 | 1 in 8,868 |
| Florida | #1,226 | 10 | 1 in 8,373 |
| Ohio | #1,460 | 5 | 1 in 10,588 |
| California | #1,673 | 15 | 1 in 13,977 |
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See more about Zayla
- 21 spots since 2024 (#987 → #1,008)
- 130 spots since 2020 (#1,138 → #1,008)
- 364 spots since 2015 (#1,372 → #1,008)
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 2021 (#1,138 → #920)
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 2024 (#800 → #987)
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2023 at #800 (351 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2021–2024
- Highest: 1 in 4,571 girls born in 2023 were named Zayla (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,481 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 43.9% of all girls named Zayla (1,734) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67 | #4,870 (1999) | #8,811 |
| 2000s | 451 | #2,286 (2009) | #3,763 |
| 2010s | 1,734 | #1,106 (2018) | #1,388 |
| 2020s | 1,697 | #800 (2023) | #947 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Zayla in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 9,022 of them was named Zayla, which outranked 93.6% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,228Isabell199
- #1,228Karmen199
- #1,228Silvia199
- #1,233Zayla198
- #1,233Dariana198
- #1,235Brynleigh197
- #1,235Gracyn197
- #1,235Raya197
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.