Girls' name · since 2001
Zakyla
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 175 babies named Zakyla, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,930 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zakyla currently ranks #15930 among girls' names in America, with 175 babies recorded since 2001.
Zakyla has 175 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15930 as of the latest data, more common than 8% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #21,218 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,930 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 175 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakyla ranks #21,218 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,930 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 175 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,930 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zakyla's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zakyla compares
175 34th percentile among 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
Zakyla's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zakyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 175 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zakyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zakyla splits its recorded history at 2011: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zakyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Zakyla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (81 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Zakyla's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Zakyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 81 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Zakyla's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (81 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zakyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
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, 2001–2025 (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 Zakyla 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.