Zayn Boy
How popular is Zayn?
#251 boy name in 2025
1,381 baby boys were named Zayn in the US in 2025, making it the 251st most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
Zayn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #251 for boys (▼ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,381 boys, 5 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+239% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #643 in 2015, #312 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (1,426 boys) |
| Highest rank | #246 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1993 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zayn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zane family of names ranked #107 for boys in 2025 (#100 the year before), with 3,663 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zane | 1,051 | 29% |
| Zayn | 1,381 | 38% |
| Zayne | 644 | 18% |
| Zain | 522 | 14% |
| Zaine | 51 | 1% |
| Zan | 8 | 0% |
| Zaynn | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zayn is most popular
Babies named Zayn per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 1.6 per 1,000 (315 boys)
- Michigan: 1.5 per 1,000 (299 boys)
- New York: 1.4 per 1,000 (627 boys)
- Connecticut: 1.2 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- Virginia: 1.2 per 1,000 (225 boys)
Zayn by decade
Boy names about as popular as Zayn
Questions
- Is Zayn a boy or girl name?
- Zayn is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Zayn were boys.
- How popular is the name Zayn?
- 1,381 baby boys were named Zayn in the US in 2025, making it the 251st most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
- When was Zayn most popular?
- Zayn peaked in 2024, when 1,426 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #246 in 2023.
- How many people are named Zayn?
- 13,221 babies have been named Zayn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,162 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Zayn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zayn was most common in New Jersey, at 1.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.