How Many People Are Named Zainab?
people named Zainab are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 47,097 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,326 babies named Zainab in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
338 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant Arabic transcription of ZAYNAB, as well as the Urdu form.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zainab in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zainab alive today is about 14 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zainab first appears in the records in 1957, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 338 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zainab has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #810, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #810.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #810 |
| Best rank | #810 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #983 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zainab alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zainab were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,191 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zainab was given 3.3 times as often in New York, 3.1 times in Michigan and 2.5 times in New Jersey.
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