How Many People Are Named Zain?
people named Zain are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,743 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,243 babies named Zain in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
550 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of ZAYN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Zain, 3.2% were girls and 96.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zain alive today is about 12 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zain first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 2019, to 550 babies. In 2025, 530 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zain has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #539, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #567.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #567 |
| Best rank | #539 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #667 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zain alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zain were born in California than in any other state: about 1,236 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zain was given 2.1 times as often in New Jersey, 2.1 times in New York and 1.9 times in Illinois.
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