Feminine dossier · first seen 1982

Zaynab

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Zaynab
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2016

Peak rank proxy

146

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1982Peak 20162024

Peak year

2016

Decline from peak

5.5%

2024

138

All-time

2,364

Zaynab has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2016, when 146 girls were named Zaynab.

In 2024, only 138 girls were given the name.

Down 5.5% from its peak.

All told, about 2,364 Americans have been named Zaynab and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1982.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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