Zai**
#9,350 most common boys' name of all time · #23,629 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 2001–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,350
Rank overall
#23,629 of 105,966
First appeared
2001
Years on the list
19 of 146
All-time
318
Since 2016
233
Peak year
2023 #4,192
Best rank
#3,961 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 33/yr
Zai first appears in 2001. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #4,988 |
| 2024 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,961 |
| 2023 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #4,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #4,273 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #5,494 |
| 2020 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #4,392 |
| 2019 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,601 |
| 2018 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #10,312 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #13,280 |
| 2016 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #8,575 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,537 |
| 2014 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,954 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,965 |
| 2012 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,714 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 2010 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,679 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,685 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | — |