Zaynab

“Fragrant flower; desert flower” — Arabic origin

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

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. 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.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,500 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 1,700 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 1,700 girls in France (2025).

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

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 Alkali — Nigerian novelist
Zaynab Fawwaz — women's rights activist and writer

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.

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

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