Zanilah — girls' name
24 babies named Zanilah in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Zanilah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Zanilah in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zanilah
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Zanilah between 2012 and 2017, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zanilah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zanilah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zanilah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 24 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zanilah at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zanilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2012
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
24 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 7 births in a single year.
Zanilah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 24 births that decade — 100% of Zanilah's all-time total
Zanilah decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zanilah's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.