Girls' name · since 2008

Zyliah

Zyliah has 95 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#27,749 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,270 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
95
born since 2008
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Zyliah is the #14270 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 95 recorded since 2008.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zyliah has been recorded 95 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #14270 nationally and more common than 18% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.

  • #27,749 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #14,270 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 95 born since 2008
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zyliah ranks #27,749 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,270 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 95 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.

#27,749 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,270 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
95
born since 2008
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%17.5%
Zyliah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zyliah's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zyliah compares

95 24th percentile among 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

Zyliah's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zyliah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 95 376 567,345
Peak-year births 11 21 19,840

Zyliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Zyliah's full recorded timeline at 2017, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Zyliah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2010)
11
Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
4681012 20082010201320152018202220242025 6

Zyliah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 59% of the file).

2010s was Zyliah's strongest decade.

56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.

Zyliah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (59% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zyliah?
Zyliah has been given to 95 babies in the U.S. since 2008, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #27,749 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #14,270 of 17,297. 11 babies were born in 2010, its single highest year.
Where does Zyliah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zyliah ranks #27,749 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,270 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zyliah most popular?
Zyliah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Zyliah been used?
The SSA has tracked Zyliah since 2008 -- 18 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Zyliah?
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 Zyliah's data

  • Zyliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

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

Keep exploring Zyliah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zyliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2008–2025 (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 Zyliah 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.