Recorded 1991–2022 Girls' name Peak 2000 250 births

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.

1990s632000s1212010s602020s6
2000s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Zaineb was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

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 2022

Total births

250

Since 1991

32 years of records

Peak year

2000

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1991

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2022

Zaineb popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1991

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2000)
15
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
05101520 20222015201020062002199719931991 5

Zaineb by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
121 births that decade — 48% of Zaineb's all-time total
1990s632000s1212010s602020s6

Zaineb by state

Where Zaineb concentrates geographically — total births since 1991

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Zaineb
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 2.0%
New York share of Zaineb's total US births 2.0%

5 of 250 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zaineb?
250 babies have been named Zaineb since 1991. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2000 with 15 births.
When was Zaineb most popular?
Zaineb was most popular in the 2000s decade with 121 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Zaineb most popular?
The top states for the name Zaineb are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Zaineb been used?
Zaineb has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 32 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Zaineb?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zainab, Zaira, Zaida, Zaina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.