Zylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,540 for girls
Zylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,540th for girls in the US (137 babies).
Where does Zylah come from?
Modern: rhyming variant of Kyla and Lyla with an initial Z
Is Zylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 137 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zylah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 633% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Zylah, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were given Zylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,037, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Zylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
How popular is Zylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,540th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 137 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 137 girls in the US were named Zylah, making it the 1,540th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,781st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 140 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Zylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 831 girls in the US were given Zylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #398, up from #1,540 for this spelling alone.
Zylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #1,540 |
| 2024 | 140 | #1,529 |
| 2023 | 139 | #1,534 |
| 2022 | 128 | #1,648 |
| 2021 | 131 | #1,600 |
| 2020 | 111 | #1,781 |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,400 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2017 | 87 | #2,184 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,446 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,779 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Zylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Zairah, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Izzah, Zimal, Zaniyah, Ruqayyah, Rahma
Other spellings of Zylah
Names related to Zylah
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, “Zylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zylah, updated 20 October 2026.