Zalen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAY-len
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Zalen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
Where does Zalen come from?
Modern: rhyming variant of Jaylen or Kalen with an initial Z
Is Zalen a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zalen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Zalen, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Zalen in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 449 boys in the US were given Zalen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #596, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Zalen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 53 | #2,527 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Zalen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayden, Jaylen, Jayden, Zymir, Zayn, Zyaire, Jaxton, Daxton, Kayson, Jamir, Zayan, Kyson
Other spellings of Zalen
Zaylen, Zaylin, Zaelyn, Zaylan, Zaylon, Xaylen, Zaylyn, Zailyn, Zalyn, Zailen, Zaylynn
Names related to Zalen
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Zalen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zalen, updated 20 October 2026.