Zayn
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #251 for boys in 2025, 1,381 births
- Given to boys 99.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 1,417 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,118since 1993
Zayn over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Zayn has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #251 | 1,381 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #249 | 1,426 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #246 | 1,417 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #275 | 1,262 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #282 | 1,226 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #312 | 1,058 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #340 | 986 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #336 | 999 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #344 | 993 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #419 | 749 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #643 | 407 |
| 2014 | — | #829 | 272 | |
| 2013 | — | #894 | 233 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,299 | 133 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,504 | 49 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,348 | 55 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,632 | 47 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #2,643 | 46 |
| 2006 | — | #2,881 | 39 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,752 | 39 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,599 | 41 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,470 | 42 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,504 | 39 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1993
The first year at least five boys were named Zayn! It came in at #8,700, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Zayn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New Jersey#144 · 1 in 594
- Michigan#166 · 1 in 670
- Virginia#167 · 1 in 690
- New York#173 · 1 in 761
- Connecticut#179 · 1 in 695
Best ever in a state: #93 in District of Columbia, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #144 | 67 | 1 in 594 |
| Michigan | #166 | 60 | 1 in 670 |
| Virginia | #167 | 54 | 1 in 690 |
| New York | #173 | 111 | 1 in 761 |
| California | #179 | 223 | 1 in 787 |
| Connecticut | #179 | 19 | 1 in 695 |
| North Dakota | #191 | 6 | 1 in 559 |
| Florida | #194 | 112 | 1 in 853 |
| Massachusetts | #202 | 31 | 1 in 872 |
| Illinois | #205 | 57 | 1 in 869 |
| Nevada | #213 | 14 | 1 in 807 |
| Minnesota | #243 | 25 | 1 in 980 |
| Arizona | #250 | 32 | 1 in 1,023 |
| Ohio | #274 | 45 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Maryland | #285 | 19 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Texas | #286 | 135 | 1 in 1,297 |
| Indiana | #292 | 27 | 1 in 1,173 |
| Pennsylvania | #304 | 37 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Kentucky | #305 | 17 | 1 in 1,208 |
| Wisconsin | #306 | 18 | 1 in 1,302 |
| New Mexico | #311 | 6 | 1 in 1,083 |
| Louisiana | #314 | 16 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Missouri | #318 | 21 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Oregon | #326 | 12 | 1 in 1,255 |
| Georgia | #337 | 36 | 1 in 1,395 |
| North Carolina | #356 | 32 | 1 in 1,608 |
| Utah | #409 | 11 | 1 in 1,788 |
| Tennessee | #410 | 19 | 1 in 1,935 |
| Colorado | #420 | 14 | 1 in 1,918 |
| Alabama | #422 | 12 | 1 in 1,793 |
| Washington | #425 | 17 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Kansas | #428 | 8 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,764 |
| South Carolina | #470 | 10 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Zayn
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2 spots since 2024 (#249 → #251)
- 61 spots since 2020 (#312 → #251)
- Biggest jump: 405 spots in 2013
- Biggest drop: 4 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2023 at #246 (1,417 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,207
- Highest: 1 in 1,207 boys born in 2023 were named Zayn (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,237 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 59.2% of all boys named Zayn (7,770) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92 | #3,480 (1999) | #5,141 |
| 2000s | 389 | #2,348 (2009) | #2,857 |
| 2010s | 4,867 | #336 (2018) | #1,024 |
| 2020s | 7,770 | #246 (2023) | #269 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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