Girls' name · since 2000
Zaila
Zaila has 911 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,209 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 911
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaila currently ranks #2209 among girls' names in America, with 911 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaila has been recorded 911 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #2209 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #8,012 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,209 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 911 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaila ranks #8,012 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,209 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 911 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,209 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 911
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaila's 911 recorded births place it above 88.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Zaila compares
911 Top 34% higher than 66% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zaila's all-time total is 142% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 911 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 101 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zaila's full recorded timeline at 2013, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 101 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 101
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Zaila by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (426 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Zaila's strongest decade.
426 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Zaila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 127
2000s
127 births
- 2010s
2010s
358 births
- 2020s
2020s
426 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 426 births (47% of all-time use).
How Zaila compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zaila's total volume
Zaila by state
Where Zaila concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 71 | 7.8% |
| #2 | California | | 61 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 34 | 3.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 22 | 2.4% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.5% |
71 of 911 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Zaila appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Zailas (71 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zaila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zaila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.