Boys' name · since 2007
Zaelen
Zaelen has 60 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,943 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,422 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaelen is the #11422 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 60 recorded since 2007.
Social Security Administration records show Zaelen recorded 60 times among boys since 2007, holding rank #11422 nationally today, ahead of 18% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #20,943 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,422 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 60 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaelen ranks #20,943 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,422 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 60 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,943 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,422 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaelen's 60 recorded births place it above 53.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zaelen compares
60 19th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zaelen's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaelen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 60 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zaelen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zaelen's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zaelen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Zaelen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Zaelen's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Zaelen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zaelen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zaelen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.