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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Zailyn

Zailyn was the 8842nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 5612th; the most babies were born in 2013 (24). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,293 places. More babies were named Zailyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#8,842 girls, down 2,529 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
12girls
Girls and boys
50% girls, 50% boys2021–2025
Peak year
201324 babies
Total since 1880
531babies recorded

Zailyn popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#8,842#6,4411214
2020#6,313#6,6131913
2010#9,769#12,196126
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How popular is Zailyn, counting every spelling?

Zailyn is a spelling of Zaelyn, a name family that had 45 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 45 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Zaelyn14#7,87393
Zailyn12#8,84274
Zaylin7#13,17959
Zaylyn12#8,85041

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 Zailyn?

12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zailyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zailyn 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 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zailyn.

Chance of another Zailyn in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Zailyn?

About 300 people born in the US named Zailyn are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 15. That makes Zailyn a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Zailyn by state

How common Zailyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Zailyn, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Zailyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zailyn, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Zailyn

How popular is the name Zailyn?

Zailyn was the 8842nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 5612th; the most babies were born in 2013 (24). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,293 places. More babies were named Zailyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Zailyn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 50% girls, 50% boys given the name Zailyn in the US.

Where is Zailyn most popular?

In 2021–2025, Zailyn was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).