NameTides

Zain

Zain was the #567 boys' name in the US in 2025 (522 babies), and #209 in England & Wales and #250 in Canada.

Zain as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zain as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaIrelandScotlandUS
Zain as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#567 (522)#209 (240)#367 (9)—#286 (15)#250 (134)
2024#557 (533)#189 (264)#307 (12)—#200 (24)#207 (163)
2023#550 (532)#211 (233)#321 (11)#395 (3)#362 (10)#224 (144)
2022#557 (536)#211 (242)#342 (10)—#657 (4)#230 (146)
2021#586 (476)#224 (228)#353 (10)—#390 (9)#292 (118)
2020#574 (485)#235 (203)#305 (12)—#459 (7)#293 (111)
2019#539 (526)#202 (252)#464 (6)—#370 (10)#297 (112)
2018#587 (466)#244 (213)#344 (10)—#635 (4)#273 (127)
2017#649 (399)#250 (214)#383 (9)—#443 (7)#397 (76)
2016#683 (367)#232 (242)#315 (12)—#491 (6)#406 (74)
2015#717 (346)#207 (280)#264 (16)——#381 (81)
2014#678 (373)#176 (316)#336 (11)—#609 (4)#370 (84)
2013#664 (364)#198 (281)#335 (11)—#534 (5)#462 (62)
2012#717 (330)#161 (361)#392 (8)#403 (3)#354 (11)#401 (71)
2011#735 (308)#137 (459)#345 (10)—#540 (5)#452 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #550.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zain is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zain by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #263MNIllinois: #325ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #282NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #396NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #448CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #365VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #602TXFlorida: #662FL
Zain (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#125104
Quebec2025#42710

Zain (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZainCanadaGirls—too few
ZainCanadaBoys#250134
ZainEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ZainEngland & WalesBoys#209240
ZainIrelandBoys#28615
ZainNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZainScotlandBoys#3679
ZainUSGirls#10,9178
ZainUSBoys#567522