Boys' name · since 1988
Zaine
2,000 babies named Zaine in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,304 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,592 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,000
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaine currently ranks #2592 among boys' names in America, with 2,000 babies recorded since 1988.
Zaine has 2,000 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2592 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of boys, 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 1988 to 2025.
- #3,304 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,592 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,000 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaine ranks #3,304 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,592 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,000 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,304 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,592 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,000
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaine's 2,000 recorded births place it above 92.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Zaine compares
2,000 Top 22% higher than 78% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Zaine's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaine | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,000 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 105 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zaine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zaine's full recorded timeline at 2007, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 105 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zaine popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 105
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Zaine popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 2005 (Zaine as girls' name)
Zaine by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (855 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Zaine's strongest decade.
855 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Zaine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 179
1990s
179 births
- 2000s
2000s
540 births
- 2010s
2010s
855 births
- 2020s
2020s
409 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 855 births (43% of all-time use).
How Zaine compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Zaine's total volume
Zaine by state
Where Zaine concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 198 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 107 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 74 | 3.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 35 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 32 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 29 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 28 | 1.4% |
| #8 | California | | 21 | 1.1% |
198 of 2,000 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Zaine appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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- Zaine's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (855 total births) through the 2020s (409) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Zaines (198 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zaine: 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 (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Zaine 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.