Zaylan
2025 SSA
About Zaylan
Newly coined options, the letter Z, and strong A sounds all remain on trend for boys in the US and Zaylan ticks all the boxes. Like a mash up of Zaiden, Zayn and Waylon, Zaylan was given to more than 40 boys is 2024. Similar Zaylen is currently the most popular spelling of the name.
As it is a modern invention, the meaning of Zaylen is hard to to pin down, but if you break the name down, you've got some options. Zay could come from Xavier/Zavier meaning "new house", from Zayn or Zayne meaning "beauty" and "God is gracious" respectively, or from Zayd, meaning "to increase". Meanwhile, len might link to the Irish diminutive meaning "little" or from the English suffixes lan/lon/len meaning "land". You can play about with these to make meanings such as "new house on the land" or "little beauty", though none can be given as the definitive meaning.
Pronounced ZAY-len.
As of October 2026, Zaylan ranked #4049 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2826 for boys in 2024.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,010 | 26 | 13.5 |
| 2015 | #4,885 | 20 | 10.4 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,589 | 22 | 11.9 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,005 | 27 | 15.4 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | #3,996 | 28 | 16.4 |
| 2024 | #2,826 | 46 | 26.7 |
| 2025 | #4,049 | 27 | 15.8 |