Zaynab

What Zaynab means

Means “fragrant flower”

Arabic زَيْنَب (zaynab, literally “fragrant flower”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Zaynab” (revision 92731627), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Zaynab?

US: Steady: #1609 in 2015, #1484 now. England & Wales: Steady: #283 in 2015, #301 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 144 girls got the name (#1484 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 11,162 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,700 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls 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 NY (0.32 per 1,000 girls), MI (0.28 per 1,000 girls), PA (0.26 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zaynab is #1484 in the US and #301 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Zaynab were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zainab338 US · 385 E&W
• Zeinab26 US · 9 E&W
• Zeynab17 US · 5 E&W
• Zayneb7 US · 6 E&W
• Zaineb5 US · 4 E&W
• Zeyneb0 US · 3 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.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Zainab
• Zeinab
• Zeineb
• Zenab
• Zeynab
• Zeyneb
• Zeynep
• Zinab

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Zaynab

Girls

• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*

For a brother

• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Ameer#980Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 14 babies
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Yahya#615Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #81 vs #615 in 2025
• Yousef#744Editor’s note Up from #788 in 2015 to #744 in 2025 in the US
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US

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 Zaynab’s. Rank is US 2025.