Girls' name · since 2006
Zilah
192 babies named Zilah in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,768 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
192 babies have been named Zilah since 2006, making it today's #7768 girls' name.
Zilah has 192 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7768 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #20,275 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,768 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 192 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zilah ranks #20,275 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,768 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 192 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,768 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zilah's 192 recorded births place it above 71.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zilah compares
192 36th 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
Zilah's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 192 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zilah splits its recorded history at 2016: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Zilah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (90 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Zilah's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Zilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 90 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Zilah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (90 total births) through the 2020s (82) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
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, 2006–2025 (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 Zilah 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.