Zayne
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAYN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #644 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #473 for boys
Zayne is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty, grace (as Zayn)”. In 2025 it ranked 644th for boys in the UK (64 babies) and 473rd for boys in the US (644 babies).
What does Zayne mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zayn; also used for Zane
“beauty, grace (as Zayn)”
Can be a spelling of the Arabic Zayn, beauty or grace, or of the English-language name Zane.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zayne a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 644 boys in the US.
How popular is Zayne in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #644among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 4,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the UK were named Zayne, making it the 644th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 675th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 84 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zayne in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 862 boys in the UK were given Zayne or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #71, up from #644 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 639th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.
Zayne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #644 |
| 2024 | 78 | #551 |
| 2023 | 84 | #520 |
| 2022 | 67 | #616 |
| 2021 | 60 | #673 |
| 2020 | 57 | #675 |
| 2019 | 50 | #736 |
| 2018 | 59 | #666 |
| 2017 | 41 | #860 |
| 2016 | 44 | #806 |
| 2015 | 56 | #678 |
| 2014 | 56 | #666 |
| 2013 | 58 | #648 |
| 2012 | 44 | #801 |
| 2011 | 42 | #810 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Zayne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 644about 1 in 2,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 644 boys in the US were named Zayne, making it the 473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 394th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 866 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982. 7 girls were also named Zayne in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Zayne than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Zayne in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,740 boys in the US were given Zayne or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #473 for this spelling alone.
Zayne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 644 | #473 |
| 2024 | 708 | #446 |
| 2023 | 720 | #433 |
| 2022 | 781 | #412 |
| 2021 | 866 | #376 |
| 2020 | 781 | #394 |
| 2019 | 767 | #406 |
| 2018 | 791 | #402 |
| 2017 | 853 | #384 |
| 2016 | 696 | #444 |
| 2015 | 589 | #497 |
| 2014 | 564 | #501 |
| 2013 | 589 | #471 |
| 2012 | 429 | #595 |
| 2011 | 330 | #700 |
| 2010 | 326 | #714 |
| 2009 | 298 | #762 |
| 2008 | 269 | #816 |
| 2007 | 201 | #977 |
| 2006 | 196 | #948 |
| 2005 | 169 | #1,004 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,161 |
| 2003 | 159 | #996 |
| 2002 | 164 | #968 |
| 2001 | 127 | #1,112 |
| 2000 | 123 | #1,126 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,147 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,277 |
| 1997 | 85 | #1,323 |
| 1996 | 66 | #1,514 |
| 1995 | 51 | #1,731 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Zayne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Muhammad Zayan Zayaan Musa Abdullah Hamza Mustafa Ahmed Umar Zakariya Rayyan
Other spellings of Zayne
Names related to Zayne
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, “Zayne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayne, updated 20 October 2026.