Zaine

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zaine: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #781 in 2011, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#781highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1761
1998	#2901
1999	#2425
2000	#1552
2001	#1746
2002	#1411
2003	#1771
2004	#2070
2005	#1851
2006	#1744
2007	#820
2008	#1511
2009	#1218
2010	#942
2011	#781
2012	#1152
2013	#1063
2014	#866
2015	#1511
2016	#1704
2017	#1703
2018	#1786
2019	#3013
2020	#3334
2021	#2125
2022	#1781
2023	#2325
2024	#2671

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

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

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 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: #781 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zaine 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 Zaine in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	4 of 10	4
2000s	125	10 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	214	10 of 10	21
2020s	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Zaine appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #781 in England and Wales in 2011.

Zaine'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	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#866	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1063	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#781	39	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#820	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #781, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
39births registered in its largest year, 201125 to 49 births →

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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Buster · #781, 29y
Jevon · #781, 26y
Tayyibah · #781, 28y
Hebe · #782, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Buster · #781, 29y
Jevon · #781, 26y
Tayyibah · #781, 28y
Hebe · #782, 29y

Zaine was ranked #781 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.

Zaine 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 Zaine without appearing here.

Zaine moved ahead of

Herman Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1218 and #3744.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3334 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2125 and #3990.
Tor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3334 and #2960 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2125 and #3990.

Moved ahead of Zaine

Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1110.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1363.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1786 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3013 and #2104.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #781 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1152 and #569.

Moved the opposite way to Zaine

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaine went from #1761 to #2671 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaine went from #2863 to #1511 while Kim went from #1168 to #4747.
Kristoffer Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaine went from #2863 to #1511 while Kristoffer went from #2357 to #3373.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaine went from #2863 to #1511 while Tayla went from #1458 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Zaine

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaine went from #1411 to #2671 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #781 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Zaine by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zaine at a glance

Zaine by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zaine moved ahead of

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