Girls' name · since 2005
Zailee
Zailee has 519 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,701 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zailee currently ranks #3701 among girls' names in America, with 519 babies recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zailee has been recorded 519 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #3701 nationally and more common than 79% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #11,582 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,701 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 519 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zailee ranks #11,582 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,701 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 519 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,701 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zailee's 519 recorded births place it above 83.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Zailee compares
519 Top 44% higher than 56% of 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
Zailee's all-time total is 38% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zailee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 519 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zailee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zailee splits its recorded history at 2016: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zailee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Zailee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (245 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Zailee's strongest decade.
245 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Zailee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
245 births
- 2020s
2020s
234 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 245 births (47% of all-time use).
How Zailee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zailee's total volume
Zailee by state
Where Zailee concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
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What to do with Zailee's data
- Zailee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (245 total births) through the 2020s (234) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Zailees (63 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zailee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Zailee 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.