Given name

Zeyn

Zeyn is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Azerbaijani.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Zeyn comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic زَيْن; 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 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zeyn through the years

Babies since 1880
43
43 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2024
11 babies
2025
8
#9,703 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
024682025Highest share 20244.7
Zeyn in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2018–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,703 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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