girls:
200 births since 2005
#5516 (3rd percentile)
overall:
200 births since 2005
#7539 (3rd percentile)
The name Zayli is the #7,539 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 200 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,516 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 200 births since 2005.
Zayli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (first recorded for girls in 2005).
For girls, Zayli reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #928) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Zayli ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 53.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zayli".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Zayli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Zayli is pronounced as ZAY-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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