Zylas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZY-lus
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Zylas is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Zylas mean?
Latin: respelling of Silas, a short form of Silvanus
“of the forest”
A respelling of Silas, the companion of Saint Paul on his missionary journeys in the Book of Acts.
Is Zylas a girl's or a boy's name?
Zylas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zylas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Zylas, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
2025 had fewer boys named Zylas than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Zylas in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zylas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Zylas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan Zamir Zahir Khaza Zayd Zayaan Zymir Azai Azir Zair Zayyan Jahseh
Names related to Zylas
More Latin names
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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, “Zylas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zylas, updated 20 October 2026.