Girls' name · since 2013
Zakylah
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 30 babies named Zakylah, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,476 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zakylah is the #16476 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 30 recorded since 2013.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakylah has been recorded 30 times among girls since 2013, currently ranked #16476 nationally and more common than 5% 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 2013 to 2025.
- #41,144 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,476 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 30 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakylah ranks #41,144 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,476 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 30 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #41,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,476 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zakylah's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zakylah compares
30 11th 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
Zakylah's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zakylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 30 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zakylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zakylah's full recorded timeline at 2021, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zakylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Zakylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Zakylah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Zakylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zakylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Zakylah 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.