girls:
309 births since 2007
#5407 (5th percentile)
boys:
338 births since 2004
#4248 (7th percentile)
overall:
647 births since 2004
#7092 (8th percentile)
The name Zaelyn is the #7,092 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 647 recorded births since 2004. This represents the 8.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,248 (7.3% percentile) for all time with 338 births since 2004. For girls, it ranks #5,407 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 309 births since 2007.
Zaelyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2004 (2004 for boys and 2007 for girls).
The name Zaelyn is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 55.6% of babies named Zaelyn were boys.
For boys, Zaelyn reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #902) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zaelyn ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 93.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Zaelyn reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #916) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zaelyn is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #928 (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaelyn".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Zaelyn", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 30 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Zaylen" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Zaylen..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zaelyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Zaelyn is pronounced as ZAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAY-luhn, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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