Zaila — #2732 US girls' name
827 babies named Zaila in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Zaila was born in this single decade.
101 babies were named Zaila in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zaila
The Social Security Administration has registered 827 babies named Zaila between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zaila currently holds the #2732 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 101 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 358 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zaila shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Zaila in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zaila in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 827 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zaila at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2023)
- 101
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #2732 among girls.
827 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 101 births in a single year.
Zaila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 358 births that decade — 43% of Zaila's all-time total
Zaila decade highlights
- Peak decade 358 births
- Runner-up 342 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zaila's strongest decade
358 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Zaila by state
Where Zaila concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 62 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 50 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 26 | 3.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 16 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.6% |
62 of 827 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.5% of nationwide
- California 6.0% of nationwide
- Florida 3.1% of nationwide
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.