NameTides

Zayn

Zayn was the #251 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,381 babies), and #133 in England & Wales and #73 in Canada.

Zayn as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Zayn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandEngland & WalesUSIreland
Zayn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#251 (1,381)#133 (376)#160 (28)—#317 (13)#73 (377)—#87 (87)
2024#249 (1,426)#137 (390)#330 (11)#339 (4)#207 (23)#87 (332)—#72 (104)
2023#246 (1,417)#166 (311)#231 (18)#395 (3)#203 (24)#85 (334)#97 (88)#87 (78)
2022#275 (1,262)#161 (320)#292 (13)#352 (4)#262 (18)#121 (272)#95 (96)—
2021#282 (1,226)#167 (320)#353 (10)#374 (4)#257 (18)#122 (293)#93 (100)—
2020#312 (1,058)#181 (297)#261 (15)#392 (3)#324 (13)#170 (214)——
2019#340 (986)#183 (285)#289 (13)#312 (5)#402 (9)#184 (206)——
2018#336 (999)#189 (281)#225 (20)#365 (4)#262 (18)#187 (205)——
2017#344 (993)#200 (267)#291 (14)#318 (5)#418 (8)#185 (205)——
2016#419 (749)#190 (296)#268 (16)—#448 (7)#271 (131)——
2015#643 (407)#220 (255)#320 (11)#415 (3)#554 (5)#343 (93)——
2014#829 (272)#239 (231)#378 (9)—#468 (7)#587 (46)——
2013#894 (233)#244 (209)#366 (9)#343 (4)#534 (5)#491 (57)——
2012#1,299 (133)#266 (178)#361 (9)—#718 (3)#750 (31)——
2011#2,504 (49)#315 (141)#459 (6)——#1,399 (13)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #246.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 720common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 700common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 420common

Next year

On its recent trend, Zayn is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zayn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #306WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #243MNIllinois: #205ILMichigan: #166MINew York: #173NYMassachusetts: #202MAOregon: #326ORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #274OHPennsylvania: #304PANew Jersey: #144NJConnecticut: #179CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #179CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #420CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #318MOKentucky: #305KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #167VAMaryland: #285MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #250AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #410TNNorth Carolina: #356NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #337GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #286TXFlorida: #194FL
Zayn (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
Quebec2025#64108
Ontario2024#70167

Zayn (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
ZaynCanadaBoys#73377
ZaynEngland & WalesBoys#133376
ZaynIrelandBoys#31713
ZaynNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZaynNSWBoys—too few
ZaynScotlandBoys#16028
ZaynUSGirls#14,9425
ZaynUSBoys#2511,381
ZaynVICBoys#8787