Zayla — #993 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,694 babies named Zayla between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zayla currently holds the #993 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 350 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zayla performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,731 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zayla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 432 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Zayla in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zayla 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 3,694 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.