Boys' name · since 2016
Zaye
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 37 babies named Zaye, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,415 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,659 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 37
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaye is the #11659 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 37 recorded since 2016.
Zaye has 37 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11659 as of the latest data, more common than 16% 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 2016 to 2025.
- #24,415 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,659 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 37 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaye ranks #24,415 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,659 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 37 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,415 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,659 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 37
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaye's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zaye compares
37 14th percentile among 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
Zaye's all-time total is 90% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaye | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 37 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zaye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zaye's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Zaye by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 73% of the file).
2020s was Zaye's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Zaye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zaye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
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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, 2016–2025 (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 Zaye 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.