Zaelyn
Zaelyn was the 3751st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 3424th with 34 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,921 places. More babies were named Zaelyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,751 boys, up 3,735 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 30boys
- Girls and boys
- 38% girls, 62% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202134 babies
- Total since 1880
- 736babies recorded
Zaelyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #7,873 | #3,751 | 14 | 30 |
| 2020 | #6,312 | #7,486 | 19 | 11 |
| 2010 | #9,767 | #6,028 | 12 | 15 |
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How popular is Zaelyn, counting every spelling?
Zaelyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 51 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 51 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Zaelyn?
30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zaelyn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Zaelyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zaelyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zaelyn?
About 400 people born in the US named Zaelyn are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 15. That makes Zaelyn a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Zaelyn by state
How common Zaelyn was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Zaelyn: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zaelyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zaelyn
How popular is the name Zaelyn?
Zaelyn was the 3751st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 3424th with 34 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,921 places. More babies were named Zaelyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zaelyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 38% girls, 62% boys given the name Zaelyn in the US.
Where is Zaelyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zaelyn was most common in North Carolina (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.