Zayn — #249 US boys' name
11,732 babies named Zayn in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to boys today.
54% of everyone ever named Zayn was born in this single decade.
1,424 babies were named Zayn in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zayn
The Social Security Administration has registered 11,732 babies named Zayn between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zayn currently holds the #249 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,424 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zayn performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 6,386 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zayn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,622 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zayn in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zayn 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 11,732 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.
Zayn at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Zayn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2024)
- 1,424
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #249 among boys.
11,732 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 1,424 births in a single year.
Zayn popularity over time — girls
98 total births recorded since 1999 (Zayn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Zayn accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zayn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 6,386 births that decade — 54% of Zayn's all-time total
Zayn decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,386 births
- Runner-up 4,865 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Zayn's strongest decade
6,386 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Zayn by state
Where Zayn concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,622 | 13.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,225 | 10.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,037 | 8.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 789 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 547 | 4.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 499 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 476 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 381 | 3.2% |
1,622 of 11,732 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.8% of nationwide
- Texas 10.4% of nationwide
- New York 8.8% of nationwide
- Florida 6.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Zayn appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1993–2024 (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.