Zaynab
Zaynab is a distinctive choice, ranked #301 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Zaynab in their class.
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 fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Zaynab in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Zaynab
- Zaynab Abdi โ Zaynab Abdi is an American immigration, refugee, and women's rights advocate and speaker.
- Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah โ Zaynab an-Nafzฤwiyyah, 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.
- Zaynab bint Umar ibn al-Kindi โ Zainab Bint โUmar Bin Kindi (Arabic: ุฒููุจ ุจูุช ุนู ุฑ ุจู ููุฏู) was a female muhaddith in 13th century Damascus and Baalbek.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Zaynab
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Zaynab
Almost certainly the only Zaynab in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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