Zein

#3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births

Peak · boys
2018 · 36 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
455
since 1991

Zein over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zein has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #3,171, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,75729
2024#4,20025
2023#3,80229
2022#3,87928
2021#4,49422
2020#4,27523
2019#4,63921
2018#3,17136
2017#6,06014
2016#4,09825
2015#4,71120
2014#8,1309
2013#5,65915
2012#6,30613
2011#4,22123
2010#7,59110
2009#6,80212
2008#7,69810
2007#6,62212
2006#7,42710
2005#6,63411
2004#5,81313
2003#7,8318
2002#5,72512
2001#8,3397
2000#8,2097
1999#8,7046
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First appearance
1991

The first year at least five boys were named Zein! It came in at #8,236, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1991–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Zein is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedMINew York: #1,765 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,710 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Zein, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,765 · 1 in 18,710

Best ever in a state: #1,055 in Michigan, 2011.

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See more about Zein
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 443 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #3,757)
  • 518 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #3,757)
  • 954 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #3,757)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2018 at #3,171 (36 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 50,449
  • Highest: 1 in 50,449 boys born in 2018 were named Zein (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 40.9% of all boys named Zein (186) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s11#8,236 (1991)#8,470
2000s102#5,725 (2002)#7,110
2010s186#3,171 (2018)#5,459
2020s156#3,757 (2025)#4,068

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.

Zein in 2019

boys
#4,639
21 births · 1 in 85,439 boys

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #4,639Zein21
More about 2019

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 85,439 of them was named Zein, which outranked 67.2% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zein
  1. #4,480Zaydrian22
  2. #4,480Zyheir22
  3. #4,480Zylen22
  4. #4,639Zein21
  5. #4,639Aaditya21
  6. #4,639Abeer21
  7. #4,639Abrahm21
  8. #4,806Aadam20
  9. #4,806Aaryav20
  10. #4,806Abran20

Tied with 166 names at #4,639; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2019 →