Girls' name · since 2020
Zalaia
Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 36 babies named Zalaia, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,825 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
36 babies have been named Zalaia since 2020, making it today's #8825 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zalaia recorded 36 times among girls since 2020, holding rank #8825 nationally today, ahead of 49% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #39,013 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,825 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 36 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zalaia ranks #39,013 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,825 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 36 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #39,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,825 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zalaia's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zalaia compares
36 12th 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
Zalaia's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zalaia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 36 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zalaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zalaia splits its recorded history at 2024: 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 2024 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zalaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Zalaia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (36 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Zalaia's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Zalaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 36 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zalaia: 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, 2020–2025 (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 Zalaia 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.