How rare is the name Zainab?

9,692 people in the United States have the first name Zainab, about 1 in 31,163. It ranks #2,511 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZAINAB

#2,511

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,692
About
1 in 31,163
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,692 people named Zainab, 41.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 30.2% as White and 21.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zainab peaked in 2025, when 338 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
338
In 2025*
338
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,326 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Zainab by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,692. The largest share of babies named Zainab, 52.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#12,23212
1970s#12,27547
1980s#5,288265
1990s#3,168777
2000s#2,3001,699
2010s#1,7952,720
2020s#1,6921,806
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–969.5%
Generation Z 1997–1237%
2013 and later52.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Zainab is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zainab has been most common in New York (2.7×), Virginia (2.5×), and New Jersey (2.4×), and least common in North Carolina (0.39×).

5,777 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Zainab

#2,509 Karli · 9,703#2,510 Willian · 9,695#2,512 Cecile · 9,689#2,513 Elbert · 9,684

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zainab, most common first.

#8,399 Zaynab · 1,727#24,775 Zaineb · 387#48,024 Zainub · 134

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