Zila

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Zila has been given to 89 babies in the U.S. since 2008. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2021, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Zila, 2024

1 in 304,000

Zila over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zila: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zila means

Zila is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Zila is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 89 girls were recorded with the name Zila between 2008 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2021; its best national rank was #9,542 in 2024.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Zila?

Zila had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 304,000; 11 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only: 1 in 147,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 210,642 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zila sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 210,642 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zila. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zilas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zila was born before 2020 — so the typical Zila is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 51.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 89; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 51.7% of all recorded uses (46).

Is Zila 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2021 (11)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,542; 2024

Spellings of Zila

Zila is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 18.2% against Zila's <0.01%.

Lisa18.2%967,229
Ella6.6%351,313
Mia5.8%310,219
Tina5.5%292,146
Rita5.4%284,452
Jill3.9%208,071
Lily3.6%189,644
Ida3.5%187,929

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.

Zila by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,542; 2024
Peak year: 2021; 11 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 89
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zila

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Zilah Dila Vaila Zeila Saila Aaila Haila Zilda Xila Alila Xaila Emila Rutila Teuila Sila Wila Anaila Azaila Ziley Aleila Zilla Taila Gila Zillah

Sibling names for Zila

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Journi Lennox Berkley Layne Ellison Legacy Marleigh Adley

For a brother

Henri Rian Finnley Axton Yaakov Grey Magnus Ameer

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