Boys' name · since 2017
Zylo
Zylo has 251 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,653 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,918 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zylo is the #1918 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 251 recorded since 2017.
Zylo has 251 recorded births among boys since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1918 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #11,653 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,918 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 251 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zylo ranks #11,653 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,918 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 251 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,653 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,918 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zylo's 251 recorded births place it above 74.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zylo compares
251 42nd 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
Zylo's all-time total is 32% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zylo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 251 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 82 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zylo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zylo's full recorded timeline at 2022, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 82 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zylo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 82
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Zylo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (237 births, 94% of the file).
2020s was Zylo's strongest decade.
237 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 94% of all-time use.
Zylo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
237 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 237 births (94% of all-time use).
Zylo by state
Where Zylo concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 20 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 12 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 6 | 2.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 6 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 6 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 2.0% |
23 of 251 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- California records the most Zylos (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zylo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Zylo 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.