Zaineb — girls' name
250 babies named Zaineb in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Zaineb was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Zaineb in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zaineb
The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Zaineb between 1991 and 2022, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zaineb currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaineb performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zaineb shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zaineb in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zaineb in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 250 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zaineb at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zaineb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1991
- Peak year (2000)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
250 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 15 births in a single year.
Zaineb by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 121 births that decade — 48% of Zaineb's all-time total
Zaineb decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zaineb's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Zaineb by state
Where Zaineb concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 250 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.