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Zilah

100% girls · 14 born in 2025

Zilah has been given to about 192 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2020, which makes it a current name.

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Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 191
Median age today8 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Zilah per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2020 · 16
  • Born in 202514
  • All time192

How popular is Zilah?

Its best year was 2020, when 16 babies were given the name, ranking 7209th. The typical living American called Zilah is about 8 years old today.

Names that sound like Zilah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Lilah0.85
  2. Selah0.73
  3. Nylah0.73
  4. Lylah0.73
  5. Mylah0.73
  6. Kylah0.73
  7. Dinah0.70
  8. Miah0.70

Middle names for Zilah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Zilah Eve0.80
  2. Zilah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Zilah Josephine0.78
  4. Zilah Anne0.78
  5. Zilah Rose0.77
  6. Zilah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Zilah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Matheobrother · 0.83
  2. Kaisenbrother · 0.83
  3. Westynbrother · 0.83
  4. Laylanisister · 0.83
  5. Emilianasister · 0.83
  6. Seraphinasister · 0.82

Where Zilah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Zilah Anderson0.74
    2. Zilah White0.72
    3. Zilah Reyes0.72
    4. Zilah Nguyen0.72
    5. Zilah Moore0.72
    6. Zilah Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Zilah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.