Zay — #2859 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zay

The Social Security Administration has registered 270 babies named Zay between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zay currently holds the #2859 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zay performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Zay in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zay 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 270 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.