Zillah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Zillah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “shade”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Zillah mean?
Hebrew
“shade”
A female given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zillah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zillah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zillah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 3 girls.
Zillah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Zillah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 114% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Zillah, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Zillah in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zillah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 10 | #839 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 9 | #778 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #679 |
Names like Zillah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sarah Hannah Delilah Leah Elsie Ava Mia Annie Zoe Zara Deborah Betsy
Names related to Zillah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Levi
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, “Zillah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zillah, updated 20 October 2026.