Zainab
#1,959 most common girls' name of all time · #3,352 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1957–2025
Rank among girls
#1,959
Rank overall
#3,352 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
7,326
Since 2016
2,989
Peak year
2025 #809
Best rank
#809 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 338/yr
Zainab first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 338 | — | 338 | #809 |
| 2024 | 319 | — | 319 | #850 |
| 2023 | 307 | — | 307 | #876 |
| 2022 | 298 | — | 298 | #918 |
| 2021 | 280 | — | 280 | #943 |
| 2020 | 264 | — | 264 | #966 |
| 2019 | 294 | — | 294 | #904 |
| 2018 | 280 | — | 280 | #949 |
| 2017 | 308 | — | 308 | #885 |
| 2016 | 301 | — | 301 | #916 |
| 2015 | 288 | — | 288 | #943 |
| 2014 | 302 | — | 302 | #901 |
| 2013 | 260 | — | 260 | #968 |
| 2012 | 247 | — | 247 | #1,029 |
| 2011 | 219 | — | 219 | #1,122 |
| 2010 | 221 | — | 221 | #1,117 |
| 2009 | 212 | — | 212 | #1,186 |
| 2008 | 193 | — | 193 | #1,292 |
| 2007 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,398 |
| 2006 | 178 | — | 178 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,318 |
| 2004 | 170 | — | 170 | #1,268 |
| 2003 | 154 | — | 154 | #1,329 |
| 2002 | 146 | — | 146 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,232 |
| 2000 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,327 |
| 1999 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,466 |
| 1998 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,477 |
| 1997 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,691 |
| 1996 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,593 |
| 1995 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,736 |
| 1994 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,851 |
| 1993 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,475 |
| 1992 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,748 |
| 1991 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,537 |
| 1990 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,553 |
| 1989 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,294 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,263 |
| 1987 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,949 |
| 1986 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,241 |
| 1985 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,289 |
| 1984 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,287 |
| 1983 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,502 |
| 1982 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,066 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,253 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,076 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,430 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,369 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,925 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,606 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,615 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,249 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,366 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,012 |