Girls' name · since 2021
Zahlani
Zahlani has 29 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,570 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
29 babies have been named Zahlani since 2021, making it today's #8343 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zahlani recorded 29 times among girls since 2021, holding rank #8343 nationally today, ahead of 52% of girls, 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 2021 to 2025.
- #41,570 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,343 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahlani ranks #41,570 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,343 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 29 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #41,570 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zahlani's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zahlani compares
29 10th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Zahlani's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zahlani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zahlani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zahlani's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zahlani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Zahlani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (29 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Zahlani's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Zahlani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 29 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 2021–2025 (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 Zahlani 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.