Zailah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zailah by the numbers

Zailah was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zailah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zailah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Zairahblooming flower; a form of Zaira15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaiyahgrace; beauty; a feminine form of Zayn3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zainahgrace; beauty; ornament4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zilahshade; shadow10 in the US (2017)
  • Zaylah47 in the US (2017)
  • Zaila39 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zailah

Names that are said the same way as Zailah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Zayla205 in the US (2017)
  • Zala12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaylea10 in the US (2017)
  • Xaila7 in the US (2017)
  • Zalea7 in the US (2017)
  • Xayla6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zailah

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