How Many People Are Named Zillah?
people named Zillah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,261,198 people in the US has this name
Based on 552 babies named Zillah in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
20 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "shade" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament she is the second wife of Lamech.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zillah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zillah alive today is about 13 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zillah first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2024, to 20 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zillah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #739, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #7,483.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,483 |
| Best rank | #739 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,916 in the 2010s |
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