Zaylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Zaylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
Where does Zaylah come from?
Modern: Z- variant of Kaylah or Laylah
Is Zaylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaylah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Zaylah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Zaylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
How popular is Zaylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,341st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Zaylah, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,931st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer girls named Zaylah than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Zaylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 176 girls in the US were given Zaylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,154, up from #3,341 for this spelling alone.
Zaylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,586 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,365 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Zaylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Nusaybah, Zainab, Ayah, Zairah, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Izzah, Ruqayyah, Zimal, Rahma, Sumayyah
Other spellings of Zaylah
Names related to Zaylah
Zayla, Zala, Zylah, Zaliyah, Zaylee, Zaylia, Zalayah, Saylah, Zaylie
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, “Zaylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaylah, updated 20 October 2026.