# Zeynep (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zeynep/  
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 | Turkish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,454 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,454 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 850, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Turkish Zeynep.

## 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 | 49 | 3,348 |
| 2012 | 43 | 3,706 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,702 |
| 2014 | 44 | 3,584 |
| 2015 | 48 | 3,388 |
| 2016 | 48 | 3,378 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,871 |
| 2018 | 48 | 3,345 |
| 2019 | 49 | 3,271 |
| 2020 | 113 | 1,768 |
| 2021 | 84 | 2,231 |
| 2022 | 138 | 1,555 |
| 2023 | 130 | 1,613 |
| 2024 | 108 | 1,869 |
| 2025 | 90 | 2,098 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 31 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 43 | 877 |
| 2015 | 32 | 1,088 |
| 2016 | 47 | 813 |
| 2017 | 35 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 38 | 952 |
| 2019 | 39 | 920 |
| 2020 | 30 | 1,100 |
| 2021 | 46 | 788 |
| 2022 | 41 | 857 |
| 2023 | 41 | 865 |
| 2024 | 35 | 1,007 |
| 2025 | 35 | 983 |

## 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.