girls:
219 births since 1921
#5497 (4th percentile)
overall:
219 births since 1921
#7520 (3rd percentile)
The name Zala is the #7,520 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 219 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 2.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,497 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 219 births since 1921.
Zala first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (first recorded for girls in 1921). Birth data for Zala is available in 18 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Zala reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #936) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zala ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 91.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zala".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zala. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.0% confident that Zala is pronounced as ZAH-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZA-luh, at 11.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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