Boys' name · since 2017
Zykai
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Zykai, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,318 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zykai is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 2017.
Social Security Administration records show Zykai recorded 11 times among boys since 2017, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2024.
- #34,318 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zykai ranks #34,318 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,318 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zykai's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zykai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zykai's full recorded timeline at 2024, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zykai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Zykai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Zykai's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Zykai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zykai: 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 (~7 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, 2017–2024 (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 Zykai 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.