Girls' name · since 1998
Zaylie
Zaylie has 879 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,624 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 879
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaylie is the #3624 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 879 recorded since 1998.
Zaylie has 879 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3624 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #8,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,624 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 879 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaylie ranks #8,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,624 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 879 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,624 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 879
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaylie's 879 recorded births place it above 88.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Zaylie compares
879 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Zaylie's all-time total is 134% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaylie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 879 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaylie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zaylie's full recorded timeline at 2013, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 57 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zaylie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #3624 among girls.
879 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 57 births in a single year.
Zaylie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (444 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Zaylie's strongest decade.
444 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Zaylie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
193 births
- 2010s
2010s
444 births
- 2020s
2020s
237 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 444 births (51% of all-time use).
Zaylie decade highlights
- Peak decade 444 births
- Runner-up 237 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Zaylie 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 Zaylie's total volume
Zaylie by state
Where Zaylie concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 150 | 17.1% |
| #2 | California | | 29 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Utah | | 5 | 0.6% |
150 of 879 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.1% of nationwide
- California 3.3% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.6% of nationwide
- Utah 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.1% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Zaylie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (444 total births) through the 2020s (237) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Zaylies (150 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 Zaylie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Zaylie 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.
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