How rare is the name Zayn?

4,747 people in the United States have the first name Zayn, about 1 in 63,626. It ranks #4,077 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZAYN

#4,077

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,747
About
1 in 63,626
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,747 people named Zayn, 38.5% reported their origin as White, 21.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 16% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zayn peaked in 2024, when 1,433 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19932025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
1,433
In 2025*
1,386 ▼3%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,221 babies have been given the name since 1993. 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.

Zayn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #508. The largest share of babies named Zayn, 94.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#13,20897
2000s#6,292395
2010s#1,1644,906
2020s#5087,823
Millennials 1981–960.3%
Generation Z 1997–125.2%
2013 and later94.6%

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 Zayn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zayn has been most common in Nevada (2.5×), Florida (2.1×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Arkansas (0.29×).

12,137 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 Zayn

#4,075 Westin · 4,751#4,076 Rosamaria · 4,749#4,078 Levon · 4,746#4,078 Nikolay · 4,746

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,999 Zain · 7,470#3,030 Zayne · 7,338#10,160 Zayna · 1,326#11,734 Zayan · 1,081#11,903 Zan · 1,061#40,182 Zayin · 186#51,177 Zahn · 115

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