Zaynah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #973 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Zaynah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for girls in the UK (38 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Zaynah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zayna
“beautiful”
A spelling of Zayna, a feminine form of Zayn, from Arabic zayn, beauty or grace.
Is Zaynah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaynah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaynah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #973among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were named Zaynah, making it the 973rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 74 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Zaynah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zaynah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 200 girls in the UK were given Zaynah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #264, up from #973 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales.
Zaynah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #973 |
| 2024 | 45 | #873 |
| 2023 | 54 | #727 |
| 2022 | 48 | #806 |
| 2021 | 42 | #906 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 53 | #778 |
| 2018 | 44 | #905 |
| 2017 | 44 | #933 |
| 2016 | 51 | #826 |
| 2015 | 62 | #702 |
| 2014 | 60 | #712 |
| 2013 | 55 | #771 |
| 2012 | 47 | #866 |
| 2011 | 74 | #596 |
| 2010 | 63 | #664 |
| 2009 | 62 | #652 |
| 2008 | 70 | #594 |
| 2007 | 71 | #570 |
| 2006 | 65 | #587 |
| 2005 | 62 | #581 |
| 2004 | 45 | #698 |
| 2003 | 67 | #521 |
| 2002 | 66 | #501 |
| 2001 | 49 | #610 |
| 2000 | 46 | #635 |
| 1999 | 48 | #615 |
| 1998 | 39 | #695 |
| 1997 | 31 | #822 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Zaynah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Zaynah, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Zaynah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 411 girls in the US were given Zaynah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #696, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Zaynah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Zaynah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab Safa Aaliyah Ayah Farah Sumayyah Hafsa Hiba Nusaybah Ruqayyah Aaminah Rahma
Other spellings of Zaynah
Names related to Zaynah
Zaniyah Zenayah Zana Zayana Zanayah Zyana Zaniah Zanyah Zayani
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Zaynah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaynah, updated 20 October 2026.