NameTides

Zeynep

Zeynep was the #2,076 girls' name in the US in 2025 (90 babies), and #983 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Zeynep as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zeynep 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Zeynep 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#2,076 (90)#983 (35)—#885 (3)#1,974 (11)
2024#1,852 (108)#1,007 (35)———
2023#1,603 (130)#865 (41)——#1,419 (16)
2022#1,548 (138)#857 (41)——#3,228 (5)
2021#2,212 (84)#788 (46)#792 (3)—#2,377 (8)
2020#1,763 (113)#1,100 (30)#765 (3)—#3,251 (5)
2019#3,222 (49)#920 (39)——#1,798 (12)
2018#3,293 (48)#952 (38)——#1,862 (11)
2017#2,835 (59)#1,021 (35)——#2,876 (6)
2016#3,326 (48)#813 (47)——#2,040 (10)
2015#3,346 (48)#1,088 (32)—#896 (3)#2,891 (6)
2014#3,549 (44)#877 (43)———
2013#3,645 (42)#1,177 (29)——#2,058 (10)
2012#3,644 (43)#1,099 (31)——#2,338 (8)
2011#3,303 (49)#1,067 (32)——#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,548.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 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 18,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zeynep is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,200 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zeynep by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: #1,714TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Zeynep (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZeynepCanadaGirls#1,97411
ZeynepEngland & WalesGirls#98335
ZeynepIrelandGirls#8853
ZeynepNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZeynepScotlandGirls—too few
ZeynepUSGirls#2,07690