Zeynab
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-nab
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Zeynab is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Zeynab mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zaynab
Zaynab bint Ali, granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is honoured for her courage after the Battle of Karbala.
Is Zeynab a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeynab is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeynab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zeynab, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zeynab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. 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 Zeynab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Zeynab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Zeynab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Zeynab, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had more girls named Zeynab than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zeynab in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 532 girls in the US were given Zeynab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #562, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Zeynab in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
Names like Zeynab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Nusaybah, Ayah, Rahma, Safaa, Rabab, Hiba, Abeeha, Aaliyah, Ruqayyah, Zaha
Other spellings of Zeynab
Names related to Zeynab
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, “Zeynab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeynab, updated 20 October 2026.