Girls' name · since 2009

Zamyla

Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 37 babies named Zamyla, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#38,685 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,768 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
37
born since 2009
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Zamyla is the #12768 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 37 recorded since 2009.

Social Security Administration records show Zamyla recorded 37 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #12768 nationally today, ahead of 26% 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 2009 to 2025.

  • #38,685 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,768 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 37 born since 2009
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zamyla ranks #38,685 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,768 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 37 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.

#38,685 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,768 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
37
born since 2009
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%26.1%
Zamyla vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zamyla's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zamyla compares

37 13th 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

Zamyla's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zamyla Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 37 376 567,345
Peak-year births 11 21 19,840

Zamyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Zamyla's full recorded timeline at 2023, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Zamyla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
11
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
4681012 20092020202320242025 7

Zamyla by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 81% of the file).

2020s was Zamyla's strongest decade.

30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.

Zamyla births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (81% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zamyla?
37 babies have been named Zamyla since 2009. All-time, it sits at #38,685 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #12,768 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2023 with 11 births.
Where does Zamyla sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zamyla ranks #38,685 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,768 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zamyla most popular?
Zamyla was most popular in the 2020s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Zamyla been used?
The SSA has tracked Zamyla since 2009 -- 17 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Zamyla?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zamira, Zamora, Zamiyah, Zamya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zamyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2009–2025 (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 Zamyla 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.