Zayna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #582 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,493 for girls
Zayna is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 582nd for girls in the UK (73 babies) and 1,493rd for girls in the US (143 babies).
What does Zayna mean?
Arabic: feminine form of Zayn
“beautiful”
A feminine form of Zayn, from Arabic zayn, beauty or grace.
Is Zayna a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 girls in the UK and 143 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #582among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 73about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 73 girls in the UK were named Zayna, making it the 582nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zayna of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Zayna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 200 girls in the UK were given Zayna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #264, up from #582 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 542nd in England and Wales.
Zayna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #582 |
| 2024 | 68 | #624 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 46 | #846 |
| 2020 | 55 | #730 |
| 2019 | 33 | #1,110 |
| 2018 | 42 | #942 |
| 2017 | 42 | #957 |
| 2016 | 41 | #956 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 47 | #868 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 41 | #936 |
| 2010 | 37 | #989 |
| 2009 | 38 | #947 |
| 2008 | 42 | #855 |
| 2007 | 40 | #868 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 28 | #990 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Zayna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,493among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 143about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 143 girls in the US were named Zayna, making it the 1,493rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,078th. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zayna of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Zayna in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 411 girls in the US were given Zayna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #696, up from #1,493 for this spelling alone.
Zayna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 143 | #1,493 |
| 2024 | 133 | #1,579 |
| 2023 | 128 | #1,627 |
| 2022 | 90 | #2,123 |
| 2021 | 91 | #2,085 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,078 |
| 2019 | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 97 | #2,014 |
| 2017 | 78 | #2,338 |
| 2016 | 92 | #2,117 |
| 2015 | 82 | #2,278 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,326 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
Names like Zayna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Hiba Rahma Huda Ayah Zoha Safaa Aaliyah Abeeha Amira
Other spellings of Zayna
Names related to Zayna
Zenaya Zaniyah Ziyana Zana Ziana Zanaya Zaniya Zyana Zyanna Zyanya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Zayna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayna, updated 20 October 2026.