Zayne

What Zayne means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zayne?

US: Steady: #497 in 2015, #473 now. England & Wales: Steady: #646 in 2015, #639 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 866 boys got the name (#376 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 2,652 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,771 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,806 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 WV (0.97 per 1,000 boys), IN (0.82 per 1,000 boys), NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zayne is #473 in the US and #639 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.9% of US babies named Zayne 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
• Zain522 US · 240 E&W
• Zaine51 US · 8 E&W
• Xane27 US · 3 E&W
• Xayne15 US
• Zeyn8 US · 7 E&W
• Xayn11 US

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 Zayne

Boys

• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025
• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Kensley#741Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Monroe#467Editor’s note Used for both: 81% of US babies named Monroe in 2025 were girls

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