Zain

What Zain means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Zain yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1968, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zain?

US: Rising: up from #717 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #207 in 2015, #209 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 532 boys got the name (#550 that year). First in the US records in 1968.

How common

• About 1 in 3,272 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,133 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (0.94 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.78 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.67 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Zain is #567 in the US and #209 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.5% of US babies named Zain were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zayn1,381 US · 376 E&W
• Zane1,051 US · 118 E&W
• Zayne644 US · 57 E&W
• Zen185 US · 25 E&W
• Zaine51 US · 8 E&W
• Zein29 US · 6 E&W
• Zeyn8 US · 7 E&W
• San5 US · 6 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Zain

Boys

• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*

For a sister

• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zain’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.