# Zainab (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zainab/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,326 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,326 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,792, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 219 | 1,122 |
| 2012 | 247 | 1,030 |
| 2013 | 260 | 970 |
| 2014 | 302 | 904 |
| 2015 | 288 | 945 |
| 2016 | 301 | 918 |
| 2017 | 308 | 886 |
| 2018 | 280 | 950 |
| 2019 | 294 | 905 |
| 2020 | 264 | 965 |
| 2021 | 280 | 944 |
| 2022 | 298 | 918 |
| 2023 | 307 | 877 |
| 2024 | 319 | 851 |
| 2025 | 338 | 810 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 395 | 141 |
| 2012 | 434 | 129 |
| 2013 | 420 | 129 |
| 2014 | 413 | 131 |
| 2015 | 392 | 142 |
| 2016 | 410 | 137 |
| 2017 | 376 | 142 |
| 2018 | 360 | 143 |
| 2019 | 348 | 146 |
| 2020 | 380 | 133 |
| 2021 | 307 | 170 |
| 2022 | 306 | 163 |
| 2023 | 324 | 156 |
| 2024 | 360 | 138 |
| 2025 | 385 | 128 |

## People named Zainab

- Zainab bint Muhammad, Eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Zainab al-Ghazali, Egyptian activist (1923-2005)
- Zainab Lawal Gummi, commissioner for Women, Children and Social Development, Zamfara State
- Zaynab bint Jahsh, cousin and seventh wife of Muhammad (c. 590–641)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.