Zain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAYN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #225 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #567 for boys
Zain is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 225th for boys in the UK (249 babies) and 567th for boys in the US (522 babies).
What does Zain mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zayn
“beauty, grace”
Arabic for beauty or grace; Zayn al-Abidin, ornament of the worshippers, was the fourth Shia imam.
Is Zain a girl's or a boy's name?
Zain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 249 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 522 boys in the US.
How popular is Zain in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #225among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 249about 1 in 1,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 249 boys in the UK were named Zain, making it the 225th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 253rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 469 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zain in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 862 boys in the UK were given Zain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #71, up from #225 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 209th in England and Wales and 367th in Scotland.
Zain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 249 | #225 |
| 2024 | 276 | #200 |
| 2023 | 247 | #220 |
| 2022 | 252 | #222 |
| 2021 | 238 | #237 |
| 2020 | 215 | #253 |
| 2019 | 258 | #228 |
| 2018 | 223 | #257 |
| 2017 | 223 | #268 |
| 2016 | 254 | #240 |
| 2015 | 296 | #215 |
| 2014 | 327 | #199 |
| 2013 | 292 | #213 |
| 2012 | 372 | #181 |
| 2011 | 469 | #149 |
| 2010 | 328 | #187 |
| 2009 | 353 | #174 |
| 2008 | 330 | #180 |
| 2007 | 350 | #171 |
| 2006 | 379 | #155 |
| 2005 | 314 | #168 |
| 2004 | 251 | #181 |
| 2003 | 303 | #163 |
| 2002 | 286 | #155 |
| 2001 | 242 | #169 |
| 2000 | 186 | #196 |
| 1999 | 185 | #198 |
| 1998 | 165 | #222 |
| 1997 | 171 | #214 |
| 1996 | 129 | #254 |
How popular is Zain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #567among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 522about 1 in 3,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 522 boys in the US were named Zain, making it the 567th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 574th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 536 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968. 8 girls were also named Zain in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Zain in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,740 boys in the US were given Zain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #567 for this spelling alone.
Zain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 522 | #567 |
| 2024 | 533 | #557 |
| 2023 | 532 | #550 |
| 2022 | 536 | #557 |
| 2021 | 476 | #586 |
| 2020 | 485 | #574 |
| 2019 | 526 | #539 |
| 2018 | 466 | #587 |
| 2017 | 399 | #649 |
| 2016 | 367 | #683 |
| 2015 | 346 | #717 |
| 2014 | 373 | #678 |
| 2013 | 364 | #664 |
| 2012 | 330 | #717 |
| 2011 | 308 | #735 |
| 2010 | 279 | #785 |
| 2009 | 295 | #774 |
| 2008 | 273 | #804 |
| 2007 | 238 | #871 |
| 2006 | 228 | #871 |
| 2005 | 215 | #854 |
| 2004 | 215 | #826 |
| 2003 | 189 | #890 |
| 2002 | 174 | #920 |
| 2001 | 169 | #920 |
| 2000 | 135 | #1,059 |
| 1999 | 139 | #1,004 |
| 1998 | 130 | #1,036 |
| 1997 | 94 | #1,231 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,354 |
| 1994 | 60 | #1,539 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,616 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 49 | #1,657 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Zain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Hamza Muhammad Abdullah Zayan Ahmed Mustafa Musa Zayaan Umar Rayyan Ibrahim
Other spellings of Zain
Names related to Zain
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zain, updated 20 October 2026.