Girls' name · since 2009
Zaylei
146 babies named Zaylei in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,088 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,792 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 146
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaylei is the #12792 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 146 recorded since 2009.
Zaylei has 146 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12792 as of the latest data, more common than 26% of girls, 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 2009 to 2025.
- #23,088 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,792 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 146 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaylei ranks #23,088 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,792 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 146 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,088 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,792 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 146
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaylei's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zaylei compares
146 31st 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
Zaylei's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaylei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 146 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaylei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zaylei splits its recorded history at 2018: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zaylei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Zaylei by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (75 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Zaylei's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Zaylei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 75 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zaylei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Zaylei 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.