Recorded 2001–2019 Boys' name Peak 2011 40 births

Zykel — boys' name

40 babies named Zykel in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s212010s19
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Zykel was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

9 babies were named Zykel in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zykel

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Zykel between 2001 and 2019, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zykel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zykel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zykel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zykel 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 40 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.

Zykel at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

40

Since 2001

19 years of records

Peak year

2011

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2001

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2019

Zykel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2001

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2011)
9
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
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Zykel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
21 births that decade — 53% of Zykel's all-time total
2000s212010s19

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zykel?
40 babies have been named Zykel since 2001. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2011 with 9 births.
When was Zykel most popular?
Zykel was most popular in the 2000s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Zykel been used?
Zykel has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 19 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Zykel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zykeem, Zyking, Zykee, Zykell, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2001–2019 (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.