Zaeli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Zaeli is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Zaeli come from?
Modern: modern coinage with Zae- and -li
Is Zaeli a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaeli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaeli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 983% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Zaeli, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 2018.
Half of all the girls named Zaeli in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 521 girls in the US were given Zaeli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #575, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Zaeli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
Names like Zaeli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zhamira, Millie, Lucy, Ada, Khaleesi, Nora, Josie, Emma, Zayla, Daisy, Stella, Mabel
Other spellings of Zaeli
Zaylee, Zayleigh, Zaylie, Zailee, Zailey, Zayli, Zayley, Xaylee, Zaylei, Zaleigh, Zaileigh
Names related to Zaeli
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zaeli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaeli, updated 20 October 2026.