Zayn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAYN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #142 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #251 for boys
Zayn is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 142nd for boys in the UK (404 babies) and 251st for boys in the US (1,381 babies).
What does Zayn mean?
Arabic
“beauty, grace”
Arabic for beauty or grace; it forms part of names such as Zayn al-Abidin, ornament of the worshippers.
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Is Zayn a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 404 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 1,381 boys in the US.
How popular is Zayn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 142nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 404 about 1 in 740 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 404 boys in the UK were named Zayn, making it the 142nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 182nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 405 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zayn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 862 boys in the UK were given Zayn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #71, up from #142 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 133rd in England and Wales and 160th in Scotland.
Zayn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 404 | #142 |
| 2024 | 405 | #147 |
| 2023 | 332 | #171 |
| 2022 | 337 | #170 |
| 2021 | 334 | #180 |
| 2020 | 315 | #182 |
| 2019 | 303 | #188 |
| 2018 | 305 | #193 |
| 2017 | 286 | #214 |
| 2016 | 312 | #203 |
| 2015 | 269 | #233 |
| 2014 | 240 | #253 |
| 2013 | 222 | #254 |
| 2012 | 187 | #282 |
| 2011 | 147 | #340 |
| 2010 | 63 | #603 |
| 2009 | 44 | #747 |
| 2008 | 49 | #689 |
| 2007 | 45 | #699 |
| 2006 | 56 | #579 |
| 2005 | 50 | #590 |
| 2004 | 37 | #710 |
| 2003 | 40 | #623 |
| 2002 | 39 | #586 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 21 | #862 |
| 1999 | 27 | #705 |
| 1998 | 25 | #730 |
| 1997 | 23 | #760 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Zayn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 251st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,381 about 1 in 1,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,381 boys in the US were named Zayn, making it the 251st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 312th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 1,426 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993. 5 girls were also named Zayn in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Zayn in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,740 boys in the US were given Zayn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #251 for this spelling alone.
Zayn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,381 | #251 |
| 2024 | 1,426 | #249 |
| 2023 | 1,417 | #246 |
| 2022 | 1,262 | #275 |
| 2021 | 1,226 | #282 |
| 2020 | 1,058 | #312 |
| 2019 | 986 | #340 |
| 2018 | 999 | #336 |
| 2017 | 993 | #344 |
| 2016 | 749 | #419 |
| 2015 | 407 | #643 |
| 2014 | 272 | #829 |
| 2013 | 233 | #894 |
| 2012 | 133 | #1,299 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Zayn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd, Zayan, Zayaan, Musa, Muhammad, Zakariya, Hamza, Rayyan, Abdullah, Arham, Mustafa, Yahya
Other spellings of Zayn
Names related to Zayn
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa, Liyana
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, “Zayn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayn, updated 20 October 2026.