Boys' name · since 2024
Zaiyel
26 babies named Zaiyel in U.S. Social Security records since 2024, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,119 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,043 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaiyel is the #5043 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 26 recorded since 2024.
Social Security Administration records show Zaiyel recorded 26 times among boys since 2024, holding rank #5043 nationally today, ahead of 64% 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 2024 to 2025.
- #27,119 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,043 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 26 born since 2024
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaiyel ranks #27,119 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,043 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 26 born since 2024, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,119 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,043 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaiyel's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zaiyel compares
26 10th 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
Zaiyel's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaiyel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 26 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zaiyel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zaiyel's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 77% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 23%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zaiyel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Zaiyel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (26 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Zaiyel's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Zaiyel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 26 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zaiyel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2024–2025 (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 Zaiyel 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.