Zaylen
Zaylen was the 1072nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 202 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 886th with 271 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 254 places. More babies were named Zaylen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,072 boys, up 426 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 202boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024271 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,669babies recorded
Zaylen popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 72 since 2010, 6 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #1,072 | 202 |
| 2020 | #1,498 | 114 |
| 2010 | #1,573 | 101 |
| 2000 | #10,337 | 6 |
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How popular is Zaylen, counting every spelling?
Zaylen is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #716 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,072 for Zaylen on its own. Together these spellings went to 362 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaylen | 202 | #1,072 | 960 |
| Zaylin | 64 | #2,229 | 332 |
| Zaylan | 27 | #4,049 | 148 |
| Zaylon | 26 | #4,137 | 133 |
| Zaylyn | 17 | #5,603 | 85 |
| Zailen | 7 | #10,665 | 41 |
| Zaelen | 6 | #11,963 | 30 |
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 Zaylen?
202 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zaylen (0.06 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Zaylen 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 42 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zaylen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zaylen?
About 2,600 people born in the US named Zaylen are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 3 and 13. That makes Zaylen 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.
Zaylen by state
How common Zaylen was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (4.3×), Alabama (2.9×), Louisiana (2.8×), Tennessee (2.4×), Georgia (1.9×). In 23 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 Zaylen: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zaylen, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zaylen
How popular is the name Zaylen?
Zaylen was the 1072nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 202 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 886th with 271 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 254 places. More babies were named Zaylen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zaylen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Zaylen in the US.
Where is Zaylen most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zaylen was most common in Mississippi (0.47 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and Louisiana.