Boys' name · since 2007

Zylin

148 babies named Zylin in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#14,862 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,438 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
148
born since 2007
2020s
peak decade

148 babies have been named Zylin since 2007, making it today's #9438 boys' name.

Social Security Administration records show Zylin recorded 148 times among boys since 2007, holding rank #9438 nationally today, ahead of 32% of boys, 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 2007 to 2025.

  • #14,862 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #9,438 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 148 born since 2007
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zylin ranks #14,862 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,438 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 148 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.

#14,862 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,438 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
148
born since 2007
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%32.2%
Zylin vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zylin's 148 recorded births place it above 67.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zylin compares

148 32nd percentile among 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

Zylin's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zylin Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 148 369 358,536
Peak-year births 22 34 22,252

Zylin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Zylin splits its recorded history at 2017: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Zylin popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
22
Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
0510152025 200720102012201520172020202220242025 8

Zylin by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (88 births, 59% of the file).

2020s was Zylin's strongest decade.

88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.

Zylin births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 88 births (59% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zylin?
148 babies have been named Zylin since 2007. All-time, it sits at #14,862 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #9,438 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2021 with 22 births.
Where does Zylin sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zylin ranks #14,862 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,438 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zylin most popular?
Zylin was most popular in the 2020s decade with 88 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Zylin been used?
Records for Zylin go back to 2007, giving 19 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Zylin?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zyler, Zylan, Zylen, Zylo, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zylin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2007–2025 (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 Zylin 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.