NameTides

Zayla

Zayla was the #1,008 girls' name in the US in 2025 (248 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Zayla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Zayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,008 (248)#2,006 (14)#1,429 (17)
2024#987 (262)#2,575 (10)#2,445 (8)
2023#800 (351)#1,863 (15)#1,155 (21)
2022#829 (338)#2,325 (11)#1,252 (19)
2021#920 (289)#3,519 (6)#1,185 (21)
2020#1,138 (209)#5,493 (3)#2,007 (10)
2019#1,119 (217)#3,541 (6)#1,798 (12)
2018#1,106 (223)—#2,151 (9)
2017#1,178 (208)—#2,179 (9)
2016#1,278 (189)—#1,600 (14)
2015#1,372 (172)—#1,584 (14)
2014#1,233 (198)—#2,185 (9)
2013#1,470 (151)—#2,888 (6)
2012#1,530 (144)—#3,334 (5)
2011#1,661 (128)—#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #800.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zayla is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 8,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zayla by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,053CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,037TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Zayla (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZaylaCanadaGirls#1,42917
ZaylaEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
ZaylaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZaylaUSGirls#1,008248