Girls' name · since 2015
Zaylani
Zaylani has 270 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,689 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaylani currently ranks #2689 among girls' names in America, with 270 babies recorded since 2015.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaylani has been recorded 270 times among girls since 2015, currently ranked #2689 nationally and more common than 84% of girls, 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 2015 to 2025.
- #16,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,689 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 270 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaylani ranks #16,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,689 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 270 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,689 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaylani's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zaylani compares
270 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Zaylani's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaylani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 270 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaylani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zaylani splits its recorded history at 2020: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 65 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zaylani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Zaylani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (217 births, 80% of the file).
2020s was Zaylani's strongest decade.
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Zaylani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 53
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
217 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 217 births (80% of all-time use).
Zaylani by state
Where Zaylani concentrates geographically, total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 24 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 20 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 11 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 10 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.9% |
24 of 270 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- California records the most Zaylanis (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Zaylani: 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, 2015–2025 (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 Zaylani 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.