Girls' name · since 2012
Zanayla
16 babies named Zanayla in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,428 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
16 babies have been named Zanayla since 2012, making it today's #14428 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zanayla recorded 16 times among girls since 2012, holding rank #14428 nationally today, ahead of 17% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #49,374 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,428 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zanayla ranks #49,374 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,428 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #49,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,428 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zanayla's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zanayla compares
16 6th 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
Zanayla's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zanayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zanayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zanayla splits its recorded history at 2024: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zanayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Zanayla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Zanayla's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Zanayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zanayla: 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, 2012–2025 (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 Zanayla 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.