Boys' name · since 2005
Zinedine
156 babies named Zinedine in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,504 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 156
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zinedine sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 156 recorded since 2005.
Zinedine has 156 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2005 to 2024.
- #14,504 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 156 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zinedine ranks #14,504 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,504 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 156
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zinedine's 156 recorded births place it above 68.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zinedine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zinedine's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zinedine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Zinedine by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (87 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Zinedine's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Zinedine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 87 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Zinedine's decade-level peak was the 2010s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zinedine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2005–2024 (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 Zinedine 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.