girls:
305 births since 1990
#5411 (5th percentile)
boys:
8.9k births since 1968
#1252 (73rd percentile)
overall:
9.2k births since 1968
#2816 (64th percentile)
The name Zain is the #2,816 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,166 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 63.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,252 (72.7% percentile) for all time with 8,861 births since 1968. For girls, it ranks #5,411 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 305 births since 1990.
Zain first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Zain is available in 47 out of the 56 years between 1968 and 2023 (47 years for boys and 28 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zain has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Zain reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 48.0% percentile (ranked #481) with 286 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 290 births per million (ranked 47.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1981, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zain is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #480 (47.4% percentile) with 290 births per million.
For girls, Zain reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #926) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zain ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 30.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zain".
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