girls:
61 births since 2010
#5655 (1st percentile)
boys:
2.1k births since 2000
#2732 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 2000
#5610 (27th percentile)
The name Zaylen is the #5,610 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,181 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 27.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,732 (40.4% percentile) for all time with 2,120 births since 2000. For girls, it ranks #5,655 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 61 births since 2010.
Zaylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for boys and 2010 for girls).
The name Zaylen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Zaylen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 22.9% percentile (ranked #703) with 116 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 116 births per million (ranked 22.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zaylen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #703 (22.9% percentile) with 116 births per million.
For girls, Zaylen reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #937) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zaylen is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #945 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaylen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zaylen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Zaylen is pronounced as ZAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAY-lihn, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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