Girls' name · since 2000
Zyla
2,545 babies named Zyla in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,545
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zyla currently ranks #953 among girls' names in America, with 2,545 babies recorded since 2000.
Zyla has 2,545 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #953 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #3,997 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #953 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,545 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zyla ranks #3,997 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #953 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,545 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,545
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zyla's 2,545 recorded births place it above 94.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zyla compares
2,545 Top 20% higher than 80% of 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
Zyla's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,545 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 295 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zyla's full recorded timeline at 2013, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 295 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 295
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Zyla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,416 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Zyla's strongest decade.
1,416 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Zyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 178
2000s
178 births
- 2010s
2010s
951 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,416 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,416 births (56% of all-time use).
How Zyla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zyla's total volume
Zyla by state
Where Zyla concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 238 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 231 | 9.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 155 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 106 | 4.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 92 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 78 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 75 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 72 | 2.8% |
238 of 2,545 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Zyla appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Zylas (238 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Zyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Zyla 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.