Zailyn
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ZAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Zailyn is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Zailyn come from?
Modern: modern blend, Z- + -ailyn as in Kaylin
Is Zailyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Zailyn has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Zailyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Zailyn, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005. 14 boys were also named Zailyn in 2025 (6,140th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Zailyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were given Zailyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,491, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
In 2024, 57% of the babies named Zailyn in the US were girls.
Zailyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Zailyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayla, Gracelynn, Zaylee, Oaklynn, Lakelynn, Jazlyn, Zaniyah, Zariah, Haisley, Sevyn, Elowyn, Blessyn
Other spellings of Zailyn
Names related to Zailyn
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, “Zailyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zailyn, updated 20 October 2026.