Zaila

“Modern coinage, likely a phonetic variant of Layla or Kayla” — Modern coinage origin

Girl's name · #2213 in the US (2025) · Trending

Zaila is climbing: on the charts since 2000, it is ranked #2213 in 2025, with about 80 girls given the name last year. Roughly 910 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Zayla (#1012), Zaila would rank around #819 with about 330 births last year — the newborns split about 75/25 between Zayla and Zaila.

Around the world: about 1 in 16,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Zailas

Zaila McCalla — Jamaican judge
Zaila Avant-garde — winner of 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Guinness World Records title holder for most bounce juggles in one minute

Similar names: Sayla · Aerith · Zaylani · Azayla · Lynnlee · Auriella

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