Xylah is a modern American name, a variant of Xyla, which is usually linked to the Greek word xylon and explained as "wood" or "of the forest"; in practice it is a fresh respelling of Lyla and Zylah with the eye-catching X of Ximena and Xavier. The name was almost nonexistent in 2015 at number 10113; it climbed steadily to a peak of number 2049 in 2023 and ranked number 2605 in 2025 with 67 girls.