girls:
132 births since 2009
#5584 (2nd percentile)
overall:
132 births since 2009
#7607 (2nd percentile)
The name Zaylia is the #7,607 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 132 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 1.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,584 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 132 births since 2009.
Zaylia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (first recorded for girls in 2009). Birth data for Zaylia is available in 14 out of the 15 years between 2009 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, Zaylia reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #936) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zaylia is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #938 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaylia".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zaylia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Zaylia is pronounced as ZAY-lee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAYL-yuh, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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