Girls' name · since 2003
Zeyla
Zeyla has 70 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,188 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,088 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zeyla is the #14088 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 70 recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Zeyla recorded 70 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #14088 nationally today, ahead of 19% 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 2003 to 2025.
- #31,188 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,088 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 70 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeyla ranks #31,188 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,088 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 70 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,188 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,088 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zeyla's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zeyla compares
70 20th 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
Zeyla's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zeyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zeyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zeyla's full recorded timeline at 2021, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zeyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Zeyla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Zeyla's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Zeyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zeyla: 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, 2003–2025 (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 Zeyla 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.