Zayleigh
Zayleigh was the 3386th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2034th with 95 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 315 places. More babies were named Zayleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,386 girls, down 1,011 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 46girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201995 babies
- Total since 1880
- 925babies recorded
Zayleigh popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #3,386 | 46 |
| 2020 | #2,375 | 75 |
| 2010 | #6,378 | 21 |
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How popular is Zayleigh, counting every spelling?
Zayleigh is the most common spelling of a name family that had 51 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 51 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zayleigh | 46 | #3,386 | 275 |
| Zaileigh | 5 | #17,226 | 38 |
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 Zayleigh?
46 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zayleigh (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zayleigh 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 182 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zayleigh.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zayleigh?
About 900 people born in the US named Zayleigh are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 12. That makes Zayleigh 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.
Zayleigh by state
How common Zayleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (2.9×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Zayleigh
How popular is the name Zayleigh?
Zayleigh was the 3386th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2034th with 95 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 315 places. More babies were named Zayleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zayleigh a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zayleigh in the US.
Where is Zayleigh most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zayleigh was most common in North Carolina (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Texas.