Girls' name · since 2001
Zylah
1,445 babies named Zylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,837 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,546 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,445
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zylah is the #1546 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,445 recorded since 2001.
Zylah has 1,445 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1546 as of the latest data, more common than 91% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #5,837 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,546 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,445 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zylah ranks #5,837 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,546 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,445 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,837 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,546 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,445
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zylah's 1,445 recorded births place it above 91.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zylah compares
1,445 Top 27% higher than 73% 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
Zylah's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,445 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 140 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zylah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 87% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 13%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 140, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 140
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Zylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (786 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Zylah's strongest decade.
786 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Zylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 81
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
578 births
- 2020s
2020s
786 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 786 births (54% of all-time use).
How Zylah 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 Zylah's total volume
Zylah by state
Where Zylah concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 173 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 135 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 79 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 57 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 41 | 2.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 30 | 2.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 28 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 23 | 1.6% |
173 of 1,445 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Zylah appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Zylahs (173 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 Zylah: 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 (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Zylah 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.