Given name
Zayn
“one who is bold”
Zayn is a variant of Zane. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is bold.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original Arabicزين
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zayn is a variant of Zane. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is bold.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic زَيْن (“beauty”); its root is Arabic ز ي ن.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zayn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,221
- 13,118 boys · 103 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 1,433 babies
- 2025
- 1,386
- #253 for boys · #17,252 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +40%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,381 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 253 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 40.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (223). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,747 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zayn’s family of names
Zayn has a related form in Zane. In Arabic usage, Zayn is a Roman-alphabet rendering of زين.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Zayn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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