Zaylin
#2,229 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Zaylin has been given to 1,098 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #2,229 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 74 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% boys, 28% girls all-time.
Babies named Zaylin, 2025
1 in 51,800
Zaylin over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Zaylin over time
In 2025, Zaylin went to 10% girls and 90% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Zaylin?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 51,800
- 64 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 26,700
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,229
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 35,906 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Zaylin sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 35,906 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zaylin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Zaylins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Zaylin was born before 2019 — so the typical Zaylin is around 6 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 46.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 795
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 46.0% of all recorded uses (366).
Is Zaylin rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −153
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,111
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,360
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.06×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 86.5%
- Peak was 2023 (74)
- Years since peak
- 2
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 26.0% average annual change
Spellings of Zaylin
Zaylin is not the most common spelling — Waylon is, with 18.2% against Zaylin's 0.26%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Zaylin is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Zaylin was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 64,105 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Louisiana1 in 14,286
- 2North Carolina1 in 20,000
- 3Indiana1 in 50,000
- 4Ohio1 in 50,000
- 5Texas1 in 50,000
- 6Florida1 in 100,000
- 7Georgia1 in 100,000
- 8Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Zaylin is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Zaylin was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 372,149 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Zaylin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Zaylin around the world
Where Zaylin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia2007–2007#680in 2007
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Zaylin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Zaylin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Zaylin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.