Zalayah
Zalayah was the 2541st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2275th with 83 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,944 places. More babies were named Zalayah in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,541 girls, up 637 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 70girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202283 babies
- Total since 1880
- 750babies recorded
Zalayah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #2,541 | 70 |
| 2020 | #3,178 | 50 |
| 2010 | #9,216 | 13 |
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How popular is Zalayah, counting every spelling?
Zalayah is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,310 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,541 for Zalayah on its own. Together these spellings went to 156 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zalayah | 70 | #2,541 | 384 |
| Zalaya | 62 | #2,776 | 254 |
| Zaleia | 6 | #14,901 | 32 |
| Zalaia | 12 | #8,844 | 28 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Zalayah?
70 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zalayah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zalayah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 120 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zalayah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zalayah?
About 700 people born in the US named Zalayah are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Zalayah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Zalayah by state
How common Zalayah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Zalayah
How popular is the name Zalayah?
Zalayah was the 2541st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2275th with 83 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,944 places. More babies were named Zalayah in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Zalayah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zalayah in the US.
Where is Zalayah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zalayah was most common in Georgia (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and California.