NameTides

Zaynab

Zaynab was the #1,484 girls' name in the US in 2025 (144 babies), and #301 in England & Wales and #567 in Canada.

Zaynab as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zaynab as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Zaynab as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,484 (144)#301 (149)#632 (4)—#567 (53)
2024#1,536 (139)#301 (143)#790 (3)#736 (4)#576 (51)
2023#1,506 (143)#297 (147)#540 (5)—#574 (50)
2022#1,828 (111)#351 (122)#625 (4)—#587 (48)
2021#1,652 (126)#348 (133)#792 (3)—#677 (43)
2020#1,781 (111)#344 (130)#471 (6)—#808 (35)
2019#1,789 (114)#320 (147)——#676 (44)
2018#1,585 (136)#271 (177)#449 (7)#629 (5)#646 (46)
2017#1,744 (121)#277 (177)#666 (4)#873 (3)#614 (49)
2016#1,541 (146)#271 (184)#502 (6)—#811 (34)
2015#1,609 (133)#283 (171)#509 (6)—#627 (47)
2014#1,997 (99)#283 (169)#681 (4)—#792 (35)
2013#1,939 (102)#313 (150)——#724 (39)
2012#2,232 (84)#332 (146)—#907 (3)#819 (33)
2011#3,014 (56)#368 (128)#579 (5)—#983 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,484.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zaynab is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,700 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zaynab by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #658NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Zaynab (girls) 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#40032
Quebec2025#5917

Zaynab (girls): 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
ZaynabCanadaGirls#56753
ZaynabEngland & WalesGirls#301149
ZaynabIrelandGirls—too few
ZaynabNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZaynabScotlandGirls#6324
ZaynabUSGirls#1,484144