Zylan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZY-lun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Zylan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
Where does Zylan come from?
Modern: rhyming variant of Dylan and Kylan with an initial Z
Is Zylan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zylan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zylan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,832nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 84% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Zylan, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Zylan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 boys in the US were given Zylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,151, up from #2,832 for this spelling alone.
Zylan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Zylan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayden, Zymir, Zayan, Zahir, Zamir, Zayn, Raylan, Zayd, Zyaire, Izan, Yazan, Jamir
Other spellings of Zylan
Names related to Zylan
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, “Zylan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zylan, updated 20 October 2026.