Zaynab

Meaning: Fragrant flower
Origin: Arabic — The name of a daughter of Muhammad

Girl's name · #1492 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Zaynab is climbing: on the charts since 1982, it reached #1492 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 140 girls given the name last year. Roughly 2,500 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#301 in England & Wales (2025) · #336 in France (2025) · #348 in Belgium (2025) · #567 in Canada (2025) · #632 in Scotland (2025) · #688 in Netherlands (2025) · #774 in Italy (2024) · #782 in Sweden (2025) · #1,166 in Switzerland (2025) · #3,721 in Austria (2025) · #736 in Ireland (2024) · #4,665 in Ecuador (2023).

Famous Zaynabs

Zaynab bint Jahsh — Cousin and seventh wife of Muhammad (c. 590–641)
Zaynab bint Ali — Daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad (626–682)
Zaynab bint Khuzayma — Muhammad's fifth wife (c. 596–625)
Zaynab Mohamed — American politician (born 1997)
Zaynab Dosso — Italian sprinter (born 1999)

What Zaynabs become

Among 29 notable people named Zaynab:

Artists & writers appear 2.07× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zaynab Alkali, Nigerian novelist (born 1950).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Zainab (#810), Zaynab would rank around #608 with about 480 births last year — the newborns split about 70/30 between Zainab and Zaynab.

Similar names: Zainab · Hafsa · Shaindy · Marwa · Safiya · Safa

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