Zayla

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

Girl's name · #1012 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Zayla is near its high-water mark: it reached #801 in 2023 and still ranked #1012 in 2025. About 3,900 girls have carried it since 1994. Together with its spelling variant Zaila (#2213), Zayla 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 18,000 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 18,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

In stories & tradition

Zayla — Dom Sébastien

Similar names: Shayla · Adalee · Zaylee · Aila · Novalee · Zyla

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