Girls' name · since 1998
Zainah
Zainah has 267 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,978 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,476 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
267 babies have been named Zainah since 1998, making it today's #10476 girls' name.
Zainah has 267 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10476 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #16,978 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,476 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 267 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zainah ranks #16,978 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,476 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 267 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,978 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,476 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zainah's 267 recorded births place it above 76.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zainah compares
267 43rd percentile among 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
Zainah's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zainah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 267 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zainah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zainah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zainah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Zainah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (120 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Zainah's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Zainah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
120 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 120 births (45% of all-time use).
Zainah by state
Where Zainah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 267 births nationwide.
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What to do with Zainah's data
- Zainah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (120 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Zainahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Zainah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Zainah 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.