Zayen
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Zayen is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
Is Zayen a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Zayen, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 2011.
2025 had the most boys named Zayen of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Zayen in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 282 boys in the US were given Zayen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #801, up from #4,538 for this spelling alone.
Zayen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Zayen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Zahir, Zamir, Zayyan, Zayd, Khaza, Zair, Azir, Zubair, Ziyad, Zymir, Zahid
Other spellings of Zayen
Names related to Zayen
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, “Zayen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayen, updated 20 October 2026.