Zalynn — unisex name
56 babies named Zalynn in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
91% of everyone ever named Zalynn was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Zalynn in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zalynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Zalynn between 2008 and 2019, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zalynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Zalynn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zalynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zalynn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zalynn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zalynn 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 56 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.
Zalynn at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zalynn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2008
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
56 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 14 births in a single year.
Zalynn popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2011 (Zalynn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Zalynn accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zalynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 51 births that decade — 91% of Zalynn's all-time total
Zalynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zalynn's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 91% of all-time use.
Zalynn by state
Where Zalynn concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 8.9% |
5 of 56 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.9% 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, 2008–2019 (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.