Boys' name · since 2009
Zayland
35 babies named Zayland in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,832 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zayland sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 35 recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zayland has been recorded 35 times among boys since 2009, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 2009 to 2024.
- #24,832 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 35 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zayland ranks #24,832 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,832 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zayland's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zayland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zayland's full recorded timeline at 2022, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zayland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2024
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Zayland by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 86% of the file).
2020s was Zayland's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Zayland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (86% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zayland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2009–2024 (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 Zayland 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.