Zayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,008 for girls
Zayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 1,008th for girls in the US (248 babies).
Where does Zayla come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps modelled on Layla
Is Zayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 248 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Zayla, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zayla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Zayla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
How popular is Zayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,008among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 248about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 248 girls in the US were named Zayla, making it the 1,008th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,138th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 351 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer girls named Zayla than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 269 girls in the US were given Zayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #886, up from #1,008 for this spelling alone.
- Zayla 248
- Xayla 21
Zayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 248 | #1,008 |
| 2024 | 262 | #987 |
| 2023 | 351 | #800 |
| 2022 | 338 | #829 |
| 2021 | 289 | #920 |
| 2020 | 209 | #1,138 |
| 2019 | 217 | #1,119 |
| 2018 | 223 | #1,106 |
| 2017 | 208 | #1,178 |
| 2016 | 189 | #1,278 |
| 2015 | 172 | #1,372 |
| 2014 | 198 | #1,233 |
| 2013 | 151 | #1,470 |
| 2012 | 144 | #1,530 |
| 2011 | 128 | #1,661 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,928 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 75 | #2,511 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,701 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
Names like Zayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Zainab Hiba Rahma Zaisha Zaira Abeeha Zaha Ayah Ayra Huda
Other spellings of Zayla
Names related to Zayla
Zala Zyla Zylah Zaila Zaliyah Zaylee Zaylia Zaylah Sayla Zalaya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Zayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayla, updated 20 October 2026.