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Zayn

Means “beauty”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #643, 2016: #419, 2017: #344, 2018: #336, 2019: #340, 2020: #312, 2021: #282, 2022: #275, 2023: #246, 2024: #249, 2025: #2511 in 1,237 boys in the US, 2025#251 · rising · was #643 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #220, 2016: #190, 2017: #200, 2018: #189, 2019: #183, 2020: #181, 2021: #167, 2022: #161, 2023: #166, 2024: #137, 2025: #1331 in 723 boys in E&W, 2025#133 · rising · was #220 in 2015

Boy’s name · Arabic · /zeɪn/

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What Zayn means

Means “beauty”

From Arabic زَيْن (zayn, “beauty”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Zayn” (revision 92401446), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Zayn?

US 2025
#251
1,381 babies
▼ 2 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#133
376 babies
▲ 4 vs 2024
Scotland 2025
#160
28 babies
▲ 170 vs 2024

US: Rising: up from #643 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #220 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2023)

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 1,417 boys got the name (#246 that year). First in the US records in 1993.

How common

  • About 1 in 1,237 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 723 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
  • About 1 in 702 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 ND (1.79 per 1,000 boys), NJ (1.68 per 1,000 boys), MI (1.49 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Zayn is #251 in the US and #133 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#2511,3811 in 1,237#643
England & Wales#1333761 in 723#220
Scotland#160281 in 702#320

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.6% of US babies named Zayn were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 202551,381
England & Wales 20250376
US all years since 188010313,118
England & Wales since 199604,702

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

How to say it

/zeɪn/, /zaɪn/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Zane1,051 US · 118 E&W
  • Zain522 US · 240 E&W
  • Zayne644 US · 57 E&W
  • Zen185 US · 25 E&W
  • Zaine51 US · 8 E&W
  • Zein29 US · 6 E&W
  • Xayne15 US
  • Zeyn8 US · 7 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 Zayn

Boys

  • Ali#306“high, exalted”
  • Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”
  • Yousef#744Editor’s note Up from #788 in 2015 to #744 in 2025 in the US
  • Amir#105“commander, prince”
  • Mustafa#760“the chosen one”
  • Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

  • Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”
  • Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
  • Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”
  • Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
  • Noor#659“light”
  • Amira#132“princess”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zayn’s. Rank is US 2025.

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