Zain

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Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Zain or Zayn is an Arabic personal name meaning "beautiful" or "handsome". Zayyan is a variation of Zain. It is also used as an alternate spelling of the Jewish and German name Zahn.

From Wikipedia

Zain first appears in the data in 1968 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2022 with 535 babies (rank #558 that year). In 2024 it was given to 532 boys (rank #555). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Zain

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Zain yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9,712
Total babies (all years)
48
Years in the data
535
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19685#4,743
19776#5,838
197913#3,353
19807#5,520
19818#4,957
19827#5,618
19837#5,481
198414#3,269
198514#3,398
198622#2,509
198724#2,399
198831#2,089
198926#2,543
199049#1,684
199143#1,866
199254#1,642
199337#2,160
199460#1,562
199575#1,367
199681#1,346
199794#1,241
1998130#1,043
1999139#1,012
2000135#1,065
2001169#925
2002174#923
2003189#892
2004215#831
2005215#859
2006228#872
2007238#873
2008273#805
2009295#775
2010279#787
2011308#736
2012330#717
2013364#664
2014373#679
2015346#718
2016367#684
2017399#650
2018466#587
2019526#539
2020485#574
2021476#587
2022535#558
2023532#550
2024532#555