Boys' name · since 1999
Zayan
2,275 babies named Zayan in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,043 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,017 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,275
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zayan currently ranks #1017 among boys' names in America, with 2,275 babies recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zayan has been recorded 2,275 times among boys since 1999, currently ranked #1017 nationally and more common than 93% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #3,043 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,017 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,275 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zayan ranks #3,043 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,017 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,275 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,043 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,017 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,275
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zayan's 2,275 recorded births place it above 93.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Zayan compares
2,275 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Zayan's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zayan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,275 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 221 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zayan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zayan's full recorded timeline at 2012, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 221 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zayan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 221
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Zayan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,138 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Zayan's strongest decade.
1,138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Zayan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 214
2000s
214 births
- 2010s
2010s
917 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,138 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,138 births (50% of all-time use).
How Zayan 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 Zayan's total volume
Zayan by state
Where Zayan concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 439 | 19.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 258 | 11.3% |
| #3 | California | | 245 | 10.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 120 | 5.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 119 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 90 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 79 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 50 | 2.2% |
439 of 2,275 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Zayan appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Zayans (439 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Zayan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 1999–2025 (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 Zayan 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.