Zain

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zain: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zain: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #137 in 2011, and it stood at #286 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#137highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2015	#5730
2016	#3609
2017	#4763
2019	#5591
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #482 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #241 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #137 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #482 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Zain appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 7,620 births with the name.

Zain across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Zain's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#241 (1996)	#137 (2011)	#189 (2024)	29 of 29	7,620 (1996–2024)	459 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#4798 (2005)	#3609 (2016)	#5891 (2024)	6 of 20	22 (2005–2024)	6 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#472 (2008)	#200 (2024)	#286 (2025)	17 of 18	134 (2008–2025)	24 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#403 (2012)	#395 (2023)	#395 (2023)	2 of 12	6 (2012–2023)	3 (2012)
Norway · Boys	#416 (2024)	#416 (2024)	#482 (2025)	2 of 2	12 (2024–2025)	7 (2024)

Zain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zain in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	620	4 of 10	155
2000s	2,892	10 of 10	289
2010sbusiest	2,938	10 of 10	294
2020s	1,170	5 of 10	234

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 294 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 139, from 320 to 459.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zain appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #137 in England and Wales in 2011.

Zain's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#189	264	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#211	233	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#211	242	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#224	228	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#235	203	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#202	252	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#244	213	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#250	214	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#232	242	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#207	280	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#176	316	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#198	281	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#161	361	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#137	459	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#172	320	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#165	336	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#163	315	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#157	340	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#144	370	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#153	307	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#172	241	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#154	297	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#147	280	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#162	229	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#188	177	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#189	175	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#206	157	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#198	165	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#241	123	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#482	5	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#416	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	24	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #137, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 459 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Zaina · #416, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aila · #135, 27y
Rayan · #145, 30y
Arya · #120, 30y
Aya · #154, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ella-Rose · #136, 30y
Fia · #136, 28y
Vårin · #136, 35y
Aila · #135, 27y

Zain was ranked #137 in England and Wales · Boys in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zain and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zain without appearing here.

Zain moved ahead of

Kenneth Compare
In 2023 they stood at #657 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #200 and #785.
Emil Compare
In 2022 they stood at #657 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #362 and #770.
Graham Compare
In 2022 they stood at #635 and #635 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #362 and #770.
Jonas Compare
In 2022 they stood at #657 and #454 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #362 and #770.

Moved ahead of Zain

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #176 and #213 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #207 and #127.
Hunter Compare
In 2014 they stood at #176 and #198 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #207 and #133.
Theodore Compare
In 2008 they stood at #472 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #604 and #532.
Cooper Compare
In 2014 they stood at #176 and #210 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #207 and #147.

Moved the opposite way to Zain

Gary Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zain went from #472 to #200 while Gary went from #187 to #785.
Kenneth Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zain went from #472 to #200 while Kenneth went from #317 to #785.

Moved the same way as Zain

Arlo Compare
Between 2009 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zain went from #604 to #286 and Arlo from #472 to #54.
Beau Compare
Between 2009 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zain went from #604 to #286 and Beau from #429 to #152.
Carter Compare
Between 2009 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zain went from #604 to #286 and Carter from #604 to #317.
Teddy Compare
Between 2009 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zain went from #604 to #286 and Teddy from #604 to #69.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #137 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zain

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Popularity journey

Zain across 5 official records

Zain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zain across 5 official records

Zain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Zain

Zain and the names beside it

Zain moved ahead of

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