Zainab Girl
How popular is Zainab?
#807 girl name in 2025
338 baby girls were named Zainab in the US in 2025, making it the 807th most popular girl name.
Zainab popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #807 for girls (▲ 41 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 338 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #941 in 2015, #964 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (338 girls) |
| Highest rank | #807 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zainab 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 Zainab is most popular
Babies named Zainab per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.6 per 1,000 (118 girls)
- New York: 0.6 per 1,000 (245 girls)
- Illinois: 0.5 per 1,000 (111 girls)
- Maryland: 0.5 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (84 girls)
Zainab by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12 | #4,889 |
| 1970s | 47 | #5,214 |
| 1980s | 265 | #2,913 |
| 1990s | 777 | #1,459 |
| 2000s | 1,699 | #1,184 |
| 2010s | 2,720 | #883 |
| 2020s | 1,806 | #807 |
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Questions
- Is Zainab a boy or girl name?
- Zainab is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zainab were girls.
- How popular is the name Zainab?
- 338 baby girls were named Zainab in the US in 2025, making it the 807th most popular girl name.
- When was Zainab most popular?
- Zainab peaked in 2025, when 338 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #807 in 2025.
- How many people are named Zainab?
- 7,326 babies have been named Zainab in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,267 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Zainab most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zainab was most common in Michigan, at 0.6 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.