Girls' name · since 2000
Zaylee
Zaylee has 5,450 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,430 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #919 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,450
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
5,450 babies have been named Zaylee since 2000, making it today's #919 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaylee has been recorded 5,450 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #919 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #2,430 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #919 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,450 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaylee ranks #2,430 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #919 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,450 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,430 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #919 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,450
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaylee's 5,450 recorded births place it above 96.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Zaylee compares
5,450 Top 13% higher than 87% of 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
Zaylee's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,450 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 511 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zaylee splits its recorded history at 2013: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 511 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zaylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 511
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Zaylee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,756 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Zaylee's strongest decade.
2,756 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Zaylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 460
2000s
460 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,756 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,234 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,756 births (51% of all-time use).
How Zaylee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zaylee's total volume
Zaylee by state
Where Zaylee concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 934 | 17.1% |
| #2 | California | | 471 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 193 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 173 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 151 | 2.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 150 | 2.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 145 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 142 | 2.6% |
934 of 5,450 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Zaylee appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Zaylee's data
- Zaylee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,756 total births) through the 2020s (2,234) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Zaylees (934 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zaylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
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, 2000–2025 (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 Zaylee 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.