Zeynep — #1856 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zeynep

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,363 babies named Zeynep between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zeynep currently holds the #1856 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 138 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zeynep performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 573 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zeynep shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Zeynep in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zeynep 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 1,363 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.