Zayley — #8285 US girls' name
258 babies named Zayley in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 53% of names given to girls today.
64% of everyone ever named Zayley was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Zayley in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zayley
The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Zayley between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zayley currently holds the #8285 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zayley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zayley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zayley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zayley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 258 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zayley at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zayley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2017)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #8285 among girls.
258 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 38 births in a single year.
Zayley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 166 births that decade — 64% of Zayley's all-time total
Zayley decade highlights
- Peak decade 166 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zayley's strongest decade
166 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Zayley by state
Where Zayley concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 258 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.