girl's name
Zalilah
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 47
Zalilah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2024, when 17 babies were given the name.
- It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
- Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2020.
Zalilah over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2020s (to 2025) | 47 |
How popular is Zalilah?
In 2025, Zalilah was given to 14 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 Zalilah
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Sibling names for Zalilah
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Zalilah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Zalilah
How popular is the name Zalilah?
In 2025, Zalilah was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Zalilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalilah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Zalilah most popular?
Zalilah peaked in 2024, when 17 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
Is Zalilah a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Zalilah currently ranks #7,619 in the United States. It is a recent arrival in the birth records. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.