Zeinab
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-nab
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Zeinab is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Zeinab mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zaynab
Borne by Zaynab bint Ali, granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, who spoke out after the Battle of Karbala.
Is Zeinab a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeinab is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeinab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Zeinab, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 19 girls.
2025 had more girls named Zeinab than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Zeinab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 580 girls in the UK were given Zeinab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Zeinab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Zeinab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Zeinab, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Zeinab in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 532 girls in the US were given Zeinab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #562, up from #4,986 for this spelling alone.
Zeinab in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 47 | #3,065 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,564 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
Names like Zeinab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Rabab Hiba Hafsa Ayah Summer Farah Rahma Sumayyah Safaa Faiza
Other spellings of Zeinab
Names related to Zeinab
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, “Zeinab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeinab, updated 20 October 2026.