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 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#675 · 1 in 3,400
- Oklahoma#760 · 1 in 3,367
- Louisiana#775 · 1 in 3,548
- Alabama#803 · 1 in 3,935
- Ohio#893 · 1 in 5,278
Best ever in a state: #189 in New Mexico, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #675 | 8 | 1 in 3,400 |
| Oklahoma | #760 | 5 | 1 in 3,367 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 6 | 1 in 3,548 |
| Alabama | #803 | 5 | 1 in 3,935 |
| Ohio | #893 | 10 | 1 in 5,278 |
| Georgia | #962 | 9 | 1 in 5,410 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,021 | 8 | 1 in 6,599 |
| Tennessee | #1,061 | 5 | 1 in 6,231 |
| North Carolina | #1,227 | 6 | 1 in 7,567 |
| California | #1,294 | 22 | 1 in 9,334 |
| Texas | #1,310 | 19 | 1 in 8,930 |
| Florida | #1,355 | 9 | 1 in 9,552 |
| Illinois | #1,634 | 5 | 1 in 11,706 |
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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 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
More about 2015
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1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 10,378 of them was named Zayla, which outranked 92.8% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,366Kinsey173
- #1,366Sofie173
- #1,366Zoya173
- #1,372Zayla172
- #1,372Calista172
- #1,372Capri172
- #1,372Farah172
- #1,382Arlene171
- #1,382Grecia171
- #1,382Priya171
Tied with 9 names at #1,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.