girls:
292 births since 2005
#5424 (5th percentile)
boys:
178 births since 2006
#4408 (4th percentile)
overall:
470 births since 2005
#7269 (6th percentile)
The name Zailyn is the #7,269 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 470 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 6.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,424 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 292 births since 2005. For boys, it ranks #4,408 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 178 births since 2006.
Zailyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (2005 for girls and 2006 for boys).
The name Zailyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 42.3% of babies named Zailyn were girls.
For girls, Zailyn reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #912) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zailyn ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 50.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zailyn reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #912) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zailyn ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 90.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zailyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zailyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Zailyn is pronounced as ZAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAY-luhn, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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