girls:
1.8k births since 1989
#3964 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1989
#5932 (23rd percentile)
The name Zayna is the #5,932 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,823 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 23.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,964 (30.6% percentile) for all time with 1,823 births since 1989.
Zayna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (first recorded for girls in 1989).
For girls, Zayna reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 13.0% percentile (ranked #824) with 73 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 73 births per million (ranked 13.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2001, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zayna is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #824 (13.0% percentile) with 73 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zayna".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Zayna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Zayna is pronounced as ZAY-nuh, which has 2 syllables.
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