Zaila
#2,213 in 2025Girls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Zaila has been given to 911 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #2,213 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 101 recorded.
Babies named Zaila, 2025
1 in 39,500
Zaila over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Zaila?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 39,500
- 84 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 19,100
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,213
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 27,357 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Zaila sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 27,357 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zaila. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Zailas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Zaila was born before 2019 — so the typical Zaila is around 6 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 46.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 99.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 911
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 46.8% of all recorded uses (426).
Is Zaila rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +535
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,625
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,012
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.40×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 83.2%
- Peak was 2023 (101)
- Years since peak
- 2
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 26.8% average annual change
Spellings of Zaila
Zaila is not the most common spelling — Kayla is, with 14.6% against Zaila's 0.04%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Zaila is used
Across 2016–2025, Zaila was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 35,930 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in 25,000
- 2California1 in 33,333
- 3North Carolina1 in 33,333
- 4New York1 in 33,333
- 5Texas1 in 33,333
- 6Arizona1 in 50,000
- 7Illinois1 in 50,000
- 8New Jersey1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Zaila around the world
Where Zaila ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2002–2025#3,705in 2025
- Canada2020–2024#2,256in 2024
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Zaila by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Zaila
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Zaila
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.