Xylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,583 for girls
Xylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).
Where does Xylah come from?
Modern: respelling of Zyla, perhaps influenced by Greek xylon 'wood'
Is Xylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Xylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 67 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xylah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 girls.
Xylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
How popular is Xylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,583rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 67 about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 176% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Xylah, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 96 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Xylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 831 girls in the US were given Xylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #398, up from #2,583 for this spelling alone.
Xylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,583 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 96 | #2,033 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
Names like Xylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah, Hibah, Izzah, Zairah, Noa, Nusaybah, Kehlani, Afrah, Samah, Ezzah, Ayah, Ismah
Other spellings of Xylah
Names related to Xylah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Xylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xylah, updated 20 October 2026.