Girls' name · since 2011

Zyleah

Zyleah has 66 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

66
total births
2011–2025
years on record
2010s
peak decade
67%
born in that decade

Zyleah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 66 recorded since 2011.

Zyleah has 66 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2011 to 2025.

  • 66 total births
  • 2011–2025 years on record
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 67% born in that decade

Data updated Jun 2026

The verdict

66 girls have been named Zyleah since 2011, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.

66
total births
2011–2025
years on record
2010s
peak decade
67%
born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade

67% 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.

Zyleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Zyleah's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Zyleah at a glance

Last recorded 2025

Total births

66

Since 2011

15 years of records

Peak year

2016

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2025

Active since

2011

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2025

Zyleah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025

Last recorded 2025
Peak year (2016)
12
Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
468101214 201120122015201620172019202120222025 5

Zyleah by decade

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

2010s was Zyleah's strongest decade.

44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.

Zyleah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (67% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of June 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zyleah?
Zyleah has been given to 66 babies in the U.S. since 2011, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 12 babies were born in 2016, its single highest year.
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?
The SSA has tracked Zyleah since 2011 -- 15 years through the most recent 2025 data.
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.

What to do with Zyleah's data

  • Zyleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (44 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Data Sources

Data as of June 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, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Zyleah: Baby Name Since 2011 - 66 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/zyleah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Zyleah 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 June 2026.