girls:
49 births since 2012
#5667 (1st percentile)
overall:
49 births since 2012
#7690 (1st percentile)
The name Zayani is the #7,690 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 49 recorded births since 2012. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,667 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 49 births since 2012.
Zayani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2012 (first recorded for girls in 2012). Birth data for Zayani is available in 6 out of the 12 years between 2012 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Zayani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #935) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Zayani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #935 (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zayani".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Zayani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.8% confident that Zayani is pronounced as zay-AH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zuh-YAH-nee, at 15.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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