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Boy's name · #253 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Zayn is near its high-water mark: it reached #246 in 2023 and still ranked #253 in 2025. About 13,000 boys have carried it since 1993.
Zayn climbed in 2016, with SSA pointing to singer Zayn Malik’s success as a solo artist.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#16 in Netherlands (2025) · #38 in France (2025) · #54 in Belgium (2025) · #85 in Switzerland (2025) · #87 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #133 in England & Wales (2025) · #151 in Austria (2025) · #162 in Scotland (2025) · #226 in Sweden (2025) · #258 in New Zealand (2025) · #328 in Ireland (2025) · #581 in Ecuador (2025) and 1 more.
Among 27 notable people named Zayn:
No single standout — notable Zayns spread across many fields.
Together with its spelling variant Zain (#567), Zayn would rank around #193 with about 1,900 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Zayn and Zain.
Similar names: Zain · Cairo · Zaid · Hamza · Hussain · Saif
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