Recorded 2011–2022 Girls' name Peak 2016 60 births

Zyleah — girls' name

60 babies named Zyleah in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s442020s16
2010s
Peak decade

73% of everyone ever named Zyleah was born in this single decade.

2016
Single peak year

12 babies were named Zyleah in 2016 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zyleah

The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Zyleah between 2011 and 2022, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zyleah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zyleah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zyleah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zyleah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 60 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Zyleah at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

60

Since 2011

12 years of records

Peak year

2016

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2011

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 2022

Zyleah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2011

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2016)
12
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
468101214 20222021201920172016201520122011 5

Zyleah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
44 births that decade — 73% of Zyleah's all-time total
2010s442020s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zyleah?
60 babies have been named Zyleah since 2011. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2016 with 12 births.
When was Zyleah most popular?
Zyleah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 44 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Zyleah been used?
Zyleah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2011, spanning 12 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Zyleah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zyla, Zylah, Zylee, Zylie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2011–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.