Zylen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZY-lun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Zylen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
Where does Zylen come from?
Modern: spelling of Zylan; rhyming variant of Dylan and Kylan with an initial Z
Meaning borrowed from Zylan.
Is Zylen a girl's or a boy's name?
Zylen 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 Zylen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Zylen, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 72 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Zylen in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 boys in the US were given Zylen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,151, up from #4,538 for this spelling alone.
Zylen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,001 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Zylen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Zayden, Braylen, Rayden, Zaylen, Raiden, Brecken, Kyaire, Kayson, Kashton, Callan, Kyson
Other spellings of Zylen
Names related to Zylen
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, 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, “Zylen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zylen, updated 20 October 2026.