Zaine
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAYN
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Zaine is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Zaine mean?
English: spelling of Zane, a surname of uncertain origin
A spelling of Zane, a name popularised by the Western novelist Zane Grey (1872-1939).
Is Zaine a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaine is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Zaine, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 41 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zaine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 862 boys in the UK were given Zaine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #71, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Zaine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 34 | #948 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,234 |
| 2011 | 41 | #819 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 34 | #858 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Zaine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,572nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Zaine, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,263rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer boys named Zaine than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Zaine in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,740 boys in the US were given Zaine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #2,572 for this spelling alone.
Zaine in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 83 | #1,896 |
| 2022 | 78 | #1,964 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,039 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,263 |
| 2019 | 84 | #1,816 |
| 2018 | 75 | #1,958 |
| 2017 | 82 | #1,820 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,599 |
| 2015 | 105 | #1,546 |
| 2014 | 98 | #1,597 |
| 2013 | 82 | #1,762 |
| 2012 | 82 | #1,798 |
| 2011 | 70 | #1,967 |
| 2010 | 75 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 96 | #1,637 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 73 | #1,928 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 46 | #2,213 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
Names like Zaine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd, Muhammad, Musa, Zayan, Ibrahim, Zakariya, Hamza, Abdullah, Ahmed, Zayaan, Mustafa, Umar
Other spellings of Zaine
Names related to Zaine
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Zaine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaine, updated 20 October 2026.