Zayli — #7840 US girls' name
214 babies named Zayli in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Zayli was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Zayli in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zayli
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Zayli between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zayli currently holds the #7840 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zayli performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zayli shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zayli in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zayli 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 214 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.
Zayli at a glance
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Current rank
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Zayli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #7840 among girls.
214 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 17 births in a single year.
Zayli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 110 births that decade — 51% of Zayli's all-time total
Zayli decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zayli's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Zayli by state
Where Zayli concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.8% |
6 of 214 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.8% 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, 2005–2024 (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.