Zaylen Boy
How popular is Zaylen?
#1,069 boy name in 2025
202 baby boys were named Zaylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1069th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
Zaylen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,069 for boys (▼ 184 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 202 boys, 6 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,317 in 2015, #1,489 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (271 boys) |
| Highest rank | #885 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 2000 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zaylen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zaylen family of names ranked #689 for boys in 2025 (#548 the year before), with 367 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zaylen | 202 | 55% |
| Zaylin | 64 | 17% |
| Zaylon | 26 | 7% |
| Zaylan | 27 | 7% |
| Zalen | 17 | 5% |
| Zaylyn | 17 | 5% |
| Zailen | 7 | 2% |
| Zalyn | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zaylen is most popular
Babies named Zaylen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.5 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Alabama: 0.3 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.3 per 1,000 (48 boys)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (54 boys)
Zaylen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Zaylen
Questions
- Is Zaylen a boy or girl name?
- Zaylen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Zaylen were boys.
- How popular is the name Zaylen?
- 202 baby boys were named Zaylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1069th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
- When was Zaylen most popular?
- Zaylen peaked in 2024, when 271 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #885 in 2024.
- How many people are named Zaylen?
- 2,669 babies have been named Zaylen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,653 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Zaylen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zaylen was most common in Mississippi, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.