girls:
194 births since 1997
#5522 (3rd percentile)
boys:
11.5k births since 1982
#1077 (77th percentile)
overall:
11.7k births since 1982
#2439 (68th percentile)
The name Zayne is the #2,439 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,674 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 68.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,077 (76.5% percentile) for all time with 11,480 births since 1982. For girls, it ranks #5,522 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 194 births since 1997.
Zayne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Zayne is available in 40 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023 (40 years for boys and 25 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 Zayne has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Zayne reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 61.4% percentile (ranked #360) with 458 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 458 births per million (ranked 61.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zayne ranks #397 for boys (56.5% percentile) with 392 births per million, which is 85.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Zayne reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #940) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zayne ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 69.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zayne".
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