girls:
489 births since 2006
#5227 (9th percentile)
boys:
17 births since 2017
#4569 (0th percentile)
overall:
506 births since 2006
#7233 (7th percentile)
The name Zaelynn is the #7,233 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 506 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 6.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,227 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 489 births since 2006. For boys, it ranks #4,569 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 2017.
Zaelynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (2006 for girls and 2017 for boys). Birth data for Zaelynn is available in 17 out of the 18 years between 2006 and 2023 (17 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zaelynn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 88.6% of babies named Zaelynn were girls.
For girls, Zaelynn reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #892) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zaelynn ranks #913 for girls (3.6% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 81.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zaelynn reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #900) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Zaelynn ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 84.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaelynn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zaelynn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.7% confident that Zaelynn is pronounced as ZAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAY-leen, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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