Zayne
Zayne and Zayn are alternative ways of writing the given name Zane, as well as romanizations of the Arabic unisex given name Zain (زين), meaning "Beauty".
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Meaning & Origin of Zayne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zayne and Zayn are alternative ways of writing the given name Zane, as well as romanizations of the Arabic unisex given name Zain (زين), meaning "Beauty".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Zayne
Zayne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 862 births, good for #377 nationwide. About 44% of every Zayne on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Zayne ranks #461 for baby boys with 683 births, gradually falling (-12%). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Zayne
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About the name Zayne
Zayne is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Zayne's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #377. Use the chart and map above to compare Zayne'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.