Zeynep is a distinctive choice, ranked #983 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Zeynep in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#983
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About the Name Zeynep
Zeynep is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 93 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #788 in 2021 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Zeynep is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Zeynep in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Zeynep
Zeynep Tokuş — Zeynep Tokuş is a Turkish actress and former beauty pageant winner.
Zeynep Şevval Gül — Zeynep Şevval Gül is a Turkish female basketball player.
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 Zeynep
Unlikely. With around 35 UK babies named Zeynep per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zeynep in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zeynep is rising: up 117 places since 2020, to #983 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #788 in 2021.
Zeynep 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 Zeynep include: Zeynep Tokuş, Zeynep Şevval Gül and Zeynep Tuğçe Bayat. Short summaries for each appear below.
Zeynep does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Zeyneps in the wild.
35
UK babies named Zeynep (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 117 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Zeynep
Almost certainly the only Zeynep in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Zeynep
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Zeynep Akata is a Liesel Beckmann Distinguished professor of computer science at the Technical University of Munich where she leads the Interpretable and Reliable Machine Learning chair.