Zalea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- za-LEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Zalea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Zalea come from?
Modern: spelling of Zaleah; modern blend of Za- and Leah
Meaning borrowed from Zaleah.
Is Zalea a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zalea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Zalea, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had more girls named Zalea than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Zalea in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 216 girls in the US were given Zalea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,011, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Zalea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
Names like Zalea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Zaniyah Zhamira Zayla Zariah Daleyza Kaliyah Zamira Zariya Zahara Zendaya Zya
Other spellings of Zalea
Names related to Zalea
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zalea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zalea, updated 20 October 2026.