Boys' name · since 2004
Zayaan
Zayaan has 630 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,864 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,225 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 630
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
630 babies have been named Zayaan since 2004, making it today's #2225 boys' name.
Zayaan has 630 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2225 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #6,864 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,225 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 630 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zayaan ranks #6,864 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,225 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 630 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,864 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,225 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 630
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zayaan's 630 recorded births place it above 84.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Zayaan compares
630 Top 40% higher than 60% of 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
Zayaan's all-time total is 71% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zayaan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 630 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zayaan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zayaan's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 75% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 25%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 64, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zayaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Zayaan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (311 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Zayaan's strongest decade.
311 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Zayaan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 60
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
259 births
- 2020s
2020s
311 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 311 births (49% of all-time use).
How Zayaan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Zayaan's total volume
Zayaan by state
Where Zayaan concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 79 | 12.5% |
| #2 | California | | 58 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 49 | 7.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 20 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 19 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 6 | 1.0% |
79 of 630 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Zayaans (79 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Zayaan 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.