Zaynab is a distinctive choice, ranked #301 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Zaynab in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#301
About the Name Zaynab
Zaynab is steadily gaining in popularity, up 43 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #271 in 2016, and it currently sits at #301. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Zaynab is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Zaynab
Unlikely. With around 143 UK babies named Zaynab per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zaynab in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zaynab is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 43 places over the last five years to #301 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Zaynab is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Zaynab include: Zaynab Abdi — Zaynab Abdi is an American immigration, refugee, and women's rights advocate and speaker.; Zaynab bint Umar ibn al-Kindi — Zainab Bint ‘Umar Bin Kindi (Arabic: زينب بنت عمر بن كندي) was a female muhaddith in 13th century Damascus and Baalbek.; Zaynab Mohamed — Zaynab M..
Zaynab does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Zaynabs in the wild.
143
UK babies named Zaynab (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 43 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Zaynab
Likely around 1 other Zaynab in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Zaynab
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Zaynab an-Nafzāwiyyah, was a Berber woman of influence in the early days of the Almoravid Berber empire which gained control of parts of present-day Morocco, western-Algeria, modern-day Mauritania and Al-Andalus. She was married to Yusuf ibn Tashfin and reportedly his de facto co-ruler.
Zainab Bint ‘Umar Bin Kindi (Arabic: زينب بنت عمر بن كندي) was a female muhaddith in 13th century Damascus and Baalbek. She is most notable for being the most prominent "shaykha" or teacher of the Muslim scholar and historian Al-Dhahabi.