Zay

Last seen for girls in 1918 at #4,291 · #3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,789
2024 · 46 births
Debut · boys
2006
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
302
since 2006

Zay over time

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Rank among boys' names. Zay has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#3,58331
2024—#2,78946
2023—#3,41634
2022—#3,21637
2021—#5,77615
2020—#5,04118
2019—#3,79428
2018—#4,91819
2017—#5,78815
2016—#10,7446
2015—#12,0865
2014—#7,56210
2013—#8,7898
2012—#9,7097
2011—#7,00911
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First appearance
2006

The first year at least five boys were named Zay! It came in at #9,585, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2007–2010, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Zay is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,506 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 40,630 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Zay, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,506 · 1 in 40,630

Best ever in a state: #1,627 in Florida, 2024.

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See more about Zay
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 794 spots since 2024 (#2,789 → #3,583)
  • 1,458 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #3,583)
  • 8,503 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #3,583)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2006
  • Peaked 2024 at #2,789 (46 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 37,454
  • Highest: 1 in 37,454 boys born in 2024 were named Zay (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 59.9% of all boys named Zay (181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s7#9,585 (2006)#9,585
2010s114#3,794 (2019)#8,263
2020s181#2,789 (2024)#3,970

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zay in 2019

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#3,794
28 births · 1 in 64,079 boys

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #3,794Zay28
More about 2019

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 64,079 of them was named Zay, which outranked 73.2% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zay
  1. #3,716Willy29
  2. #3,716Younes29
  3. #3,716Zymere29
  4. #3,794Zay28
  5. #3,794Abrar28
  6. #3,794Adonay28
  7. #3,794Advay28
  8. #3,899Aeden27
  9. #3,899Antonino27
  10. #3,899Ashe27

Tied with 104 names at #3,794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2019 →