Zylan
Zylan was the 2883rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2714th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 481 places. More babies were named Zylan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,883 boys, up 613 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202449 babies
- Total since 1880
- 547babies recorded
Zylan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #2,883 | 44 |
| 2020 | #3,496 | 32 |
| 2010 | #8,136 | 10 |
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How popular is Zylan, counting every spelling?
Zylan is the most common spelling of a name family that had 99 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 99 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zylan | 44 | #2,883 | 199 |
| Zylon | 25 | #4,247 | 89 |
| Zylen | 22 | #4,706 | 87 |
| Zylin | 8 | #9,712 | 77 |
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 Zylan?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zylan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Zylan 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 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zylan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zylan?
About 500 people born in the US named Zylan are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Zylan 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.
Zylan by state
How common Zylan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 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
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Questions about the name Zylan
How popular is the name Zylan?
Zylan was the 2883rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2714th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 481 places. More babies were named Zylan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zylan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Zylan in the US.
Where is Zylan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zylan was most common in Alabama (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Tennessee and Georgia.