Unisex name · since 2008
Zalynn
Zalynn has 67 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,297 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 67
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
67 babies have been named Zalynn since 2008, making it today's #14297 unisex name.
Zalynn has 67 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14297 as of the latest data, more common than 17% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #31,704 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,297 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 67 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zalynn ranks #31,704 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,297 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 67 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,297 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 67
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zalynn's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Zalynn compares
67 19th 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
Zalynn's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zalynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 67 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zalynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zalynn splits its recorded history at 2016: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zalynn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Zalynn popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2011 (Zalynn as boys' name)
Zalynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 84% of the file).
2010s was Zalynn's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Zalynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (84% 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 | 7.5% |
5 of 67 births nationwide.
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What to do with Zalynn's data
- Zalynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Zalynns (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Zalynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Zalynn 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.