Zainab
- #807 for girls in 2025, 338 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 338 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,326since 1957
Zainab over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Zainab has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #807 | 338 |
| 2024 | #848 | 319 |
| 2023 | #876 | 307 |
| 2022 | #918 | 298 |
| 2021 | #942 | 280 |
| 2020 | #964 | 264 |
| 2019 | #904 | 294 |
| 2018 | #948 | 280 |
| 2017 | #883 | 308 |
| 2016 | #915 | 301 |
| 2015 | #941 | 288 |
| 2014 | #898 | 302 |
| 2013 | #968 | 260 |
| 2012 | #1,026 | 247 |
| 2011 | #1,120 | 219 |
| 2010 | #1,115 | 221 |
| 2009 | #1,184 | 212 |
| 2008 | #1,286 | 193 |
| 2007 | #1,396 | 171 |
| 2006 | #1,314 | 178 |
| 2005 | #1,314 | 168 |
| 2004 | #1,264 | 170 |
| 2003 | #1,328 | 154 |
| 2002 | #1,328 | 146 |
| 2001 | #1,231 | 164 |
| 2000 | #1,325 | 143 |
| 1999 | #1,461 | 118 |
| 1998 | #1,472 | 116 |
| 1997 | #1,682 | 93 |
| 1996 | #1,583 | 98 |
| 1995 | #1,730 | 84 |
| 1994 | #1,841 | 77 |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 |
| 1992 | #2,733 | 44 |
| 1991 | #2,519 | 49 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 |
| 1987 | #2,915 | 33 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
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| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five girls were named Zainab! It came in at #6,086, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1973, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Zainab is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #272 | 33 | 1 in 1,083 |
| New York | #334 | 50 | 1 in 1,567 |
| Illinois | #337 | 31 | 1 in 1,430 |
| Minnesota | #502 | 10 | 1 in 2,148 |
| Maryland | #511 | 10 | 1 in 1,999 |
| Virginia | #541 | 14 | 1 in 2,410 |
| Washington | #617 | 10 | 1 in 2,886 |
| New Jersey | #667 | 11 | 1 in 3,227 |
| Georgia | #676 | 15 | 1 in 3,014 |
| Massachusetts | #682 | 7 | 1 in 3,433 |
| Wisconsin | #700 | 6 | 1 in 3,376 |
| Colorado | #703 | 7 | 1 in 3,332 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
| Pennsylvania | #871 | 10 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Texas | #901 | 32 | 1 in 5,017 |
| California | #908 | 31 | 1 in 5,217 |
| Missouri | #926 | 5 | 1 in 4,860 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Florida | #1,887 | 6 | 1 in 14,460 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Zainab
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 157 spots since 2020 (#964 → #807)
- Biggest jump: 70 spots in 2014
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 2018
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2025 at #807 (338 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,755
- Highest: 1 in 4,755 girls born in 2025 were named Zainab (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 37.1% of all girls named Zainab (2,720) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 12 | #4,890 (1958) | #5,488 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 47 | #5,214 (1978) | #7,182 |
| 1980s | 265 | #2,915 (1987) | #3,368 |
| 1990s | 777 | #1,461 (1999) | #2,000 |
| 2000s | 1,699 | #1,184 (2009) | #1,297 |
| 2010s | 2,720 | #883 (2017) | #972 |
| 2020s | 1,806 | #807 (2025) | #893 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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