girls:
91 births since 1999
#5625 (2nd percentile)
boys:
10.3k births since 1993
#1148 (75th percentile)
overall:
10.4k births since 1993
#2606 (66th percentile)
The name Zayn is the #2,606 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,395 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 66.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,148 (75.0% percentile) for all time with 10,304 births since 1993. For girls, it ranks #5,625 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 91 births since 1999.
Zayn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for boys and 1999 for girls).
The name Zayn has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Zayn reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 73.7% percentile (ranked #240) with 772 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 772 births per million (ranked 73.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zayn is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #240 (73.7% percentile) with 772 births per million.
For girls, Zayn reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #924) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zayn ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 48.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zayn".
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