Girls' name · since 1882
Zilla
Zilla has 288 recorded births since 1882 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,287 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 288
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
Zilla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 288 have been recorded since 1882.
Zilla has 288 recorded births among girls since 1882, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 1951.
- #16,287 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 288 born since 1882
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zilla ranks #16,287 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 288 born since 1882, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,287 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 288
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
Zilla's 288 recorded births place it above 77.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zilla splits its recorded history at 1916: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1882 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–1951
- Peak year (1918)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Zilla by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (85 births, 30% of the file).
1920s was Zilla's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Zilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 18
1880s
18 births
- 1890s
1890s
52 births
- 1900s 27
1900s
27 births
- 1910s
1910s
63 births
- 1920s
1920s
85 births
- 1930s 25
1930s
25 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 85 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Zilla's decade-level peak was the 1920s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1882–1951 (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 Zilla 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.