Zanib — girls' name
50 babies named Zanib in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Zanib was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Zanib in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zanib
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Zanib between 1997 and 2008, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zanib currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zanib performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zanib shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. 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 Zanib in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zanib 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 50 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.
Zanib at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zanib popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1997
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
50 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 9 births in a single year.
Zanib by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 40 births that decade — 80% of Zanib's all-time total
Zanib decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zanib's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
Zanib by state
Where Zanib concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 10.0% |
5 of 50 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.0% 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, 1997–2008 (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.