Zilla

Last seen for girls in 1951 at #4,385

Peak · girls
1882 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
288
since 1882

Zilla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zilla has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #908, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1951#4,3857
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1945#4,5565
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1943#4,1966
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1935#2,57511
1934#3,4497
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1930#3,6587
1929#2,92110
1928#3,4368
1927#4,2866
1926#4,3066
1925#2,61713
1924#3,3939
1923#3,9717
1922#3,6558
1921#2,94111
1920#3,9577
1919
1918#2,37614
1917#4,5945
1916#3,2588
1915#2,9009
1914#2,26510
1913#2,1649
1912#2,1448
1911
1910
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1907#2,0615
1906
1905#1,5387
1904
1903#1,4407
1902
1901#1,2278
1900
1899#1,5965
1898#1,2638
1897#1,3856
1896
1895#1,05310
1894#1,0619
1893
1892#1,2786
1891
1890#1,0068
1889
1888#1,0367
1887
1886#9936
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1882#9085
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Zilla! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Zilla
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1951
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #908 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,569
  • Highest: 1 in 21,569 girls born in 1882 were named Zilla (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 257,266 girls born in 1951 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.5% of all girls named Zilla (85) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#908 (1882)#979
1890s52#1,006 (1890)#1,235
1900s27#1,227 (1901)#1,567
1910s63#2,144 (1912)#2,814
1920s85#2,617 (1925)#3,548
1930s25#2,575 (1935)#3,227
1940s11#4,196 (1943)#4,376
1950s7#4,385 (1951)#4,385

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.

Zilla in 1895

girls
#1,053
10 births · 1 in 23,363 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #1,053Zilla10
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 23,363 of them was named Zilla, which outranked 41.8% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zilla
  1. #986Walter11
  2. #986Wava11
  3. #986Zada11
  4. #1,053Zilla10
  5. #1,053Aggie10
  6. #1,053Alcie10
  7. #1,053Ana10
  8. #1,123Albert9
  9. #1,123Almena9
  10. #1,123Alzina9

Tied with 69 names at #1,053; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 715Glenn#1,353#638
  2. 670Drusilla#1,485#815
  3. 670Gertha#1,485#815
  4. 670Lorine#1,485#815
  5. 627Leva#1,485#858
Fallers
  1. 848Gina#744#1,592
  2. 848Laurel#744#1,592
  3. 848Pennie#744#1,592
  4. 810Buena#782#1,592
  5. 780Albertina#812#1,592

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1895