Zayne — #447 US boys' name
12,197 babies named Zayne in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Zayne was born in this single decade.
862 babies were named Zayne in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zayne
The Social Security Administration has registered 12,197 babies named Zayne between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zayne currently holds the #447 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 862 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zayne performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,931 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zayne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,309 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Zayne in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zayne 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 12,197 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.
Zayne at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Zayne popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2021)
- 862
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #447 among boys.
12,197 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 862 births in a single year.
Zayne popularity over time — girls
203 total births recorded since 1997 (Zayne as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Zayne accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zayne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 5,931 births that decade — 49% of Zayne's all-time total
Zayne decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,931 births
- Runner-up 3,843 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zayne's strongest decade
5,931 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Zayne by state
Where Zayne concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,309 | 10.7% |
| #2 | California | | 905 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 689 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 636 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 467 | 3.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 441 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 430 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 352 | 2.9% |
1,309 of 12,197 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.7% of nationwide
- California 7.4% of nationwide
- Florida 5.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 47 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Zayne appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1982–2024 (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.