Zaynab Girl
How popular is Zaynab?
#1,484 girl name in 2025
144 baby girls were named Zaynab in the US in 2025, making it the 1484th most popular girl name.
Zaynab popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,484 for girls (▲ 52 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 144 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,609 in 2015, #1,781 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (146 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,484 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zaynab counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zainab family of names ranked #584 for girls in 2025 (#608 the year before), with 482 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zainab | 338 | 70% |
| Zaynab | 144 | 30% |
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 Zaynab is most popular
Babies named Zaynab per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (111 girls)
- Michigan: 0.3 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
Zaynab by decade
Girl names about as popular as Zaynab
Questions
- Is Zaynab a boy or girl name?
- Zaynab is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zaynab were girls.
- How popular is the name Zaynab?
- 144 baby girls were named Zaynab in the US in 2025, making it the 1484th most popular girl name.
- When was Zaynab most popular?
- Zaynab peaked in 2016, when 146 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,484 in 2025.
- How many people are named Zaynab?
- 2,509 babies have been named Zaynab in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,493 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Zaynab most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zaynab was most common in New York, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls 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.