Zayleah — #16880 US girls' name
53 babies named Zayleah in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 4% of names given to girls today.
72% of everyone ever named Zayleah was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Zayleah in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zayleah
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Zayleah between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zayleah currently holds the #16880 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zayleah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zayleah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zayleah 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 53 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.
Zayleah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Zayleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #16880 among girls.
53 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 11 births in a single year.
Zayleah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 38 births that decade — 72% of Zayleah's all-time total
Zayleah decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zayleah's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% 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, 2013–2024 (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.