Zailen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAY-len
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Zailen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Zailen come from?
Modern: variant of Zaylen, a Z- form of Jaylen
Is Zailen a girl's or a boy's name?
Zailen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zailen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Zailen, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Zailen in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 449 boys in the US were given Zailen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #596, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Zailen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
Names like Zailen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayden Zymir Zayan Zayn Zamir Zahir Azaiah Khaza Zyaire Eziah Zayd Raylan
Other spellings of Zailen
Zaylen Zaylin Zaelyn Zaylan Zaylon Xaylen Zalen Zaylyn Zailyn Zalyn Zaylynn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Zailen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zailen, updated 20 October 2026.