Girls' name · since 1983
Zaynah
Zaynah has 945 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,258 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 945
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaynah is the #7258 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 945 recorded since 1983.
Zaynah has 945 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7258 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #7,820 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,258 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 945 born since 1983
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaynah ranks #7,820 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,258 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 945 born since 1983, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,258 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 945
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaynah's 945 recorded births place it above 89.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Zaynah compares
945 Top 33% higher than 67% of 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
Zaynah's all-time total is 151% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaynah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 945 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaynah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zaynah splits its recorded history at 2007: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 44 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zaynah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Zaynah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (319 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Zaynah's strongest decade.
319 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Zaynah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
181 births
- 2000s
2000s
316 births
- 2010s
2010s
319 births
- 2020s 119
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 319 births (34% of all-time use).
How Zaynah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zaynah's total volume
Zaynah by state
Where Zaynah concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 50 | 5.3% |
| #2 | California | | 44 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 32 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.5% |
50 of 945 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Zaynah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (319 total births) through the 2020s (119) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Zaynahs (50 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Zaynah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Zaynah 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.