Zayn
Zayn is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Zayn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zayn is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Zayn
Zayn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1993, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 1,524 births, good for #235 nationwide. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 64% of all recorded Zayns. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #235 among baby boy names with 1,524 births, rising sharply (+35% over the past five years). In total, more than 15K Zayns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Zayn
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About the name Zayn
Zayn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Zayn's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #235. Use the chart and map above to compare Zayn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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