girl's name
Zaela
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 199
Zaela is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2024, when 21 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2005.
Zaela over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 10 |
| 2010s | 90 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 99 |
How popular is Zaela?
In 2025, Zaela was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Zaela
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Zaela also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Zaela over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Zaela
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Zaela — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Zaela
How popular is the name Zaela?
In 2025, Zaela was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Zaela a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaela is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Zaela most popular?
Zaela peaked in 2024, when 21 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Zaela a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Zaela currently ranks #7,364 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.