Girls' name · since 1957
Zainab
Zainab has 7,326 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,015 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #808 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,326
- born since 1957
- 2010s
- peak decade
7,326 babies have been named Zainab since 1957, making it today's #808 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zainab has been recorded 7,326 times among girls since 1957, currently ranked #808 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #2,015 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #808 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,326 born since 1957
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zainab ranks #2,015 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #808 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,326 born since 1957, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,015 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #808 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,326
- born since 1957
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zainab's 7,326 recorded births place it above 97.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Zainab compares
7,326 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zainab's all-time total is 19x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zainab | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,326 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 338 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zainab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zainab splits its recorded history at 1999: 87% of all births land in the more recent half, 13% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1957 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 338 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zainab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 338
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Zainab by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,720 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Zainab's strongest decade.
2,720 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Zainab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1970s 47
1970s
47 births
- 1980s 265
1980s
265 births
- 1990s 777
1990s
777 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,699 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,720 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,806 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,720 births (37% of all-time use).
How Zainab compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zainab's total volume
Zainab by state
Where Zainab concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,202 | 16.4% |
| #2 | California | | 712 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 632 | 8.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 532 | 7.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 491 | 6.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 391 | 5.3% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 338 | 4.6% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 208 | 2.8% |
1,202 of 7,326 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Zainab appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Zainab's data
- Zainab's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,720 total births) through the 2020s (1,806) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Zainabs (1,202 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zainab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~68 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1957–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zainab draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.