Girls' name · since 1991
Zaineb
Zaineb has 255 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,612 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 255
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaineb is the #15612 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 255 recorded since 1991.
Zaineb has 255 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15612 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #17,437 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,612 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 255 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaineb ranks #17,437 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,612 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 255 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,612 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 255
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zaineb's 255 recorded births place it above 75.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Zaineb compares
255 42nd 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
Zaineb's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaineb | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 255 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaineb's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zaineb splits its recorded history at 2006: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zaineb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Zaineb by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (121 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Zaineb's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Zaineb births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
121 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 121 births (47% 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 255 births nationwide.
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What to do with Zaineb's data
- Zaineb's decade-level peak was the 2000s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Zainebs (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zaineb: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Zaineb 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.