Zein
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAYN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Zein is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Zein mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zayn
“beauty, grace”
Ali Zayn al-Abidin, 'ornament of the worshippers', was a great-grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth Shia Imam.
Is Zein a girl's or a boy's name?
Zein is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zein in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 118% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Zein, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zein in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 862 boys in the UK were given Zein or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #71, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Zein in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Zein in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Zein, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Zein in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,740 boys in the US were given Zein or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #3,756 for this spelling alone.
Zein in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Zein
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Zayan Zayaan Muhammad Hamza Musa Rayyan Zayyan Azaan Abdullah Umar Zakariya
Other spellings of Zein
Names related to Zein
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, “Zein: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zein, updated 20 October 2026.