Boys' name · since 2010
Zayyan
Zayyan has 472 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,171 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,309 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 472
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
472 babies have been named Zayyan since 2010, making it today's #3309 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zayyan has been recorded 472 times among boys since 2010, currently ranked #3309 nationally and more common than 76% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #8,171 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,309 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 472 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zayyan ranks #8,171 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,309 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 472 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,171 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,309 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 472
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zayyan's 472 recorded births place it above 82.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Zayyan compares
472 Top 45% higher than 55% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Zayyan's all-time total is 28% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zayyan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 472 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zayyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zayyan splits its recorded history at 2019: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 54 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zayyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Zayyan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (250 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Zayyan's strongest decade.
250 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Zayyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
222 births
- 2020s
2020s
250 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 250 births (53% of all-time use).
Zayyan by state
Where Zayyan concentrates geographically, total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 71 | 15.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 50 | 10.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 11 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 2.1% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 10 | 2.1% |
| #6 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.1% |
71 of 472 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Zayyans (71 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zayyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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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, 2010–2025 (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 Zayyan 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.