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How popular is the name Zayn?

Births per year, rank history and how many Zayns are alive today.

Zayn (male), a spelling of Zain, sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 133rd in 2025 with 376 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 390 babies were given the name, the 137th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

Across all spellings of the name, the Zain you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Zains born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 5.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Zain.

How many babies are named Zayn each year?

Includes all spellings: Zayn, Zain, Zaine, Zane, Zayne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0250500750200020201996: 1631997: 2271998: 2101999: 2512000: 2572001: 3142002: 3812003: 3872004: 3562005: 4582006: 5852007: 5682008: 5672009: 5752010: 5932011: 8862012: 7582013: 6872014: 7622015: 7012016: 6892017: 6252018: 6532019: 7012020: 6482021: 7232022: 7372023: 7182024: 8402025: 799actual

Where does the Zayn spelling rank?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 9761997: ranked 6941998: ranked 6691999: ranked 6552000: ranked 8172001: ranked 6542002: ranked 5462003: ranked 5772004: ranked 6552005: ranked 5442006: ranked 5432007: ranked 6512008: ranked 6682009: ranked 6962010: ranked 5662011: ranked 3152012: ranked 2662013: ranked 2442014: ranked 2392015: ranked 2202016: ranked 1902017: ranked 2002018: ranked 1892019: ranked 1832020: ranked 1812021: ranked 1672022: ranked 1612023: ranked 1662024: ranked 1372025: ranked 133

Where does the Zain spelling rank?

110100500200020201996: ranked 2411997: ranked 1981998: ranked 2061999: ranked 1892000: ranked 1882001: ranked 1622002: ranked 1472003: ranked 1542004: ranked 1722005: ranked 1532006: ranked 1442007: ranked 1572008: ranked 1632009: ranked 1652010: ranked 1722011: ranked 1372012: ranked 1612013: ranked 1982014: ranked 1762015: ranked 2072016: ranked 2322017: ranked 2502018: ranked 2442019: ranked 2022020: ranked 2352021: ranked 2242022: ranked 2112023: ranked 2112024: ranked 1892025: ranked 209

Where does the Zaine spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 1,7611998: ranked 2,9011999: ranked 2,4252000: ranked 1,5522001: ranked 1,7462002: ranked 1,4112003: ranked 1,7712004: ranked 2,0702005: ranked 1,8512006: ranked 1,7442007: ranked 8202008: ranked 1,5112009: ranked 1,2182010: ranked 9422011: ranked 7812012: ranked 1,1522013: ranked 1,0632014: ranked 8662015: ranked 1,5112016: ranked 1,7042017: ranked 1,7032018: ranked 1,7862019: ranked 3,0132020: ranked 3,3342021: ranked 2,1252022: ranked 1,7822023: ranked 2,3262024: ranked 2,6722025: ranked 2,664

Where does the Zane spelling rank?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 6801997: ranked 6001998: ranked 7381999: ranked 5072000: ranked 4362001: ranked 4282002: ranked 4262003: ranked 5372004: ranked 4172005: ranked 3702006: ranked 2822007: ranked 2872008: ranked 2422009: ranked 2732010: ranked 2832011: ranked 2332012: ranked 2972013: ranked 3552014: ranked 3412015: ranked 4232016: ranked 4352017: ranked 4432018: ranked 4402019: ranked 3882020: ranked 4362021: ranked 4012022: ranked 4202023: ranked 4722024: ranked 3822025: ranked 357

Where does the Zayne spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,0221998: ranked 2,9011999: ranked 1,6642000: ranked 2,5012004: ranked 2,5782005: ranked 1,9912006: ranked 9602007: ranked 1,4402008: ranked 1,5962009: ranked 1,4942010: ranked 1,1712011: ranked 7812012: ranked 7652013: ranked 6032014: ranked 6802015: ranked 6462016: ranked 7902017: ranked 8882018: ranked 6652019: ranked 7072020: ranked 6682021: ranked 6322022: ranked 6002023: ranked 4942024: ranked 5522025: ranked 639

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Zayn most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Zain, peaked in 2011, when 886 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Zayn spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 390 babies.

How many people are called Zayn?

At least 17,000 people named Zayn in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Zayn?

Most living Zayns are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 2.

Is Zayn becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.





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