Zeynep is a distinctive choice, ranked #1007 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Zeynep in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1007
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 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 Zeynep
Unlikely. With around 35 UK babies named Zeynep per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zeynep in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zeynep is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 93 places over the last five years to #1007 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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 Tokuş is a Turkish actress and former beauty pageant winner.; Zeynep Şevval Gül — Zeynep Şevval Gül is a Turkish female basketball player.; Zeynep Tuğçe Bayat — Zeynep Tuğçe Bayat is a Turkish actress..
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 (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 93 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
Likely around 1 other Zeynep in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
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 Tuğçe Bayat is a Turkish actress. She is known for her role as "Targun Hatun" in Kuruluş: Osman and in other series such as Afili Aşk, Teşkilat, Baba, and Çilek Kokusu.
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. Akata is also the director of the Helmholtz Institute for Explainable Machine Learning.
Zeynep Çelik is a Turkish-born architect, architectural historian, theorist, and academic. She is Sakıp Sabancı Visiting Professor at Columbia University.
Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu is a Turkish designer and owner of a Turkish architecture and interior design company. She designed the interiors of Istanbul's Şakirin Mosque in 2009 to wide international acclaim, possibly becoming the first woman to design a mosque.