boys:
1.9k births since 1999
#2897 (37th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1999
#5895 (24th percentile)
The name Zayan is the #5,895 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,865 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 23.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,897 (36.8% percentile) for all time with 1,865 births since 1999.
Zayan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (first recorded for boys in 1999).
For boys, Zayan reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 20.4% percentile (ranked #736) with 103 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 103 births per million (ranked 20.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zayan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #727 (20.2% percentile) with 103 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zayan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zayan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.6% confident that Zayan is pronounced as ZAY-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAY-ahn, at 9.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like Z EY1 AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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