Zalen
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 53 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 482since 1997
Zalen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Zalen has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #2,527 | 53 |
| 2023 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #4,014 | 25 |
| 2013 | #3,753 | 27 |
| 2012 | #3,625 | 29 |
| 2011 | #3,792 | 27 |
| 2010 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #5,067 | 18 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
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First appearance
1997
The first year at least five boys were named Zalen! It came in at #8,110, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1998–1999, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Zalen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Zalen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,872 spots since 2024 (#2,527 → #5,399)
- 52 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1997
- Peaked 2024 at #2,527 (53 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 1 yr later
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 32,507
- Highest: 1 in 32,507 boys born in 2024 were named Zalen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 44.2% of all boys named Zalen (213) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 | #8,110 (1997) | #8,110 |
| 2000s | 134 | #4,748 (2009) | #5,990 |
| 2010s | 213 | #3,625 (2012) | #4,811 |
| 2020s | 129 | #2,527 (2024) | #5,273 |
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.
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