Zeynep
Girl · zay-NEP · Arabic
Zeynep is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,036th for girls in the UK (35 babies) and 2,076th for girls in the US (90 babies).
What does Zeynep mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Zaynab
The Turkish form of Zaynab, the name of a daughter and a granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Is Zeynep a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeynep is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the UK and 90 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeynep in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,036among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were named Zeynep, making it the 1,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 49 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zeynep in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 983rd in England and Wales.
Zeynep in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #1,036 |
| 2024 | 35 | #1,046 |
| 2023 | 41 | #933 |
| 2022 | 41 | #920 |
| 2021 | 49 | #816 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 41 | #942 |
| 2018 | 39 | #995 |
| 2017 | 35 | #1,079 |
| 2016 | 48 | #850 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 43 | #936 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 2010 | 31 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 36 | #896 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 26 | #929 |
| 2000 | 21 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Zeynep in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were named Zeynep, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,763rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 138 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Zeynep in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeynep in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,852 |
| 2023 | 130 | #1,603 |
| 2022 | 138 | #1,548 |
| 2021 | 84 | #2,212 |
| 2020 | 113 | #1,763 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Zeynep
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