Zylus — #2205 US boys' name
109 babies named Zylus in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to boys today.
80% of everyone ever named Zylus was born in this single decade.
66 babies were named Zylus in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zylus
The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Zylus between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zylus currently holds the #2205 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 66 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zylus performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zylus shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zylus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zylus 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 109 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.
Zylus at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zylus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2016
- Peak year (2024)
- 66
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
Currently ranks #2205 among boys.
109 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 66 births in a single year.
Zylus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 87 births that decade — 80% of Zylus's all-time total
Zylus decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Zylus's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
Zylus by state
Where Zylus concentrates geographically — total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8 | 7.3% |
8 of 109 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2016–2024 (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.