# Zayn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zayn/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “beauty” |
| Pronunciation | /zeɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zinedine |
| US babies named this | 13,221 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,118 / 103 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,702, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic زَيْن (zayn, “beauty”).

## What it means

Zayn is grouped under beauty.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | 16,931 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,609 |
| 2015 | 5 | 19,071 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14,310 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,771 |
| 2018 | 5 | 18,104 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,341 |
| 2020 | 8 | 12,120 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,961 |
| 2022 | 8 | 12,227 |
| 2023 | 8 | 12,177 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13,454 |
| 2025 | 5 | 17,252 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 2,546 |
| 2012 | 133 | 1,303 |
| 2013 | 233 | 896 |
| 2014 | 272 | 834 |
| 2015 | 407 | 643 |
| 2016 | 749 | 420 |
| 2017 | 993 | 344 |
| 2018 | 999 | 337 |
| 2019 | 986 | 340 |
| 2020 | 1,058 | 312 |
| 2021 | 1,226 | 282 |
| 2022 | 1,262 | 276 |
| 2023 | 1,417 | 246 |
| 2024 | 1,426 | 249 |
| 2025 | 1,381 | 253 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 141 | 315 |
| 2012 | 178 | 266 |
| 2013 | 209 | 244 |
| 2014 | 231 | 239 |
| 2015 | 255 | 220 |
| 2016 | 296 | 190 |
| 2017 | 267 | 200 |
| 2018 | 281 | 189 |
| 2019 | 285 | 183 |
| 2020 | 297 | 181 |
| 2021 | 320 | 167 |
| 2022 | 320 | 161 |
| 2023 | 311 | 166 |
| 2024 | 390 | 137 |
| 2025 | 376 | 133 |

## 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.