Zaelyn — #3664 US boys' name
370 babies named Zaelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Zaelyn was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Zaelyn in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zaelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 370 babies named Zaelyn between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zaelyn currently holds the #3664 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 34 babies received it in a single year. Zaelyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 321 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zaelyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Zaelyn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zaelyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 370 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zaelyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Zaelyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2021)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #3664 among boys.
370 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 34 births in a single year.
Zaelyn popularity over time — girls
321 total births recorded since 2007 (Zaelyn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Zaelyn accounts for 46% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zaelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 154 births that decade — 42% of Zaelyn's all-time total
Zaelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 133 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zaelyn's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Zaelyn by state
Where Zaelyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 4.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.4% |
16 of 370 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.4% of nationwide
- Tennessee 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2004–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.