Zeinab

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Zeinab: Recorded since 1966, it reached #413 in 1978, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#413highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1031
1997	#1287
1998	#1697
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#1617
2002	#2540
2003	#1843
2004	#1836
2005	#2682
2006	#1748
2007	#1656
2008	#3005
2009	#1909
2010	#2104
2011	#1729
2012	#2521
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2015	#4103
2016	#2966
2017	#2925
2018	#4684
2019	#3541
2020	#3117
2022	#3148
2023	#3598
2024	#3318

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 girls in Norway in 25 of the 47 years from 1966 to 2012.

In 2012: #558 among girls in Norway, #2521 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #498 among girls in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2012
Highest recorded position: #413 among girls in Norway, in 1978 (recorded 1966–2012).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zeinab appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 257 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1966.

Zeinab across 2 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.

Zeinab'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
Norway · Girls	#498 (1966)	#413 (1978)	#558 (2012)	25 of 47	145 (1966–2012)	10 (1988)
England and Wales · Girls	#1031 (1996)	#1031 (1996)	#3318 (2024)	28 of 29	257 (1996–2024)	19 (1996)

Zeinab by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Zeinab in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	98	10 of 10	10
2010s	83	10 of 10	8
2020s	27	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Zeinab 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 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #413 in Norway in 1978.

Zeinab'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1031	19	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#558	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#631	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#575	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#520	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#484	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#619	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#530	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#538	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#636	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#507	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#461	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#679	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#529	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#581	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#693	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#435	10	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#588	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#627	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#504	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#628	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#675	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#559	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#413	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#632	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#498	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #413, first reached in 1978.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 45 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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Zeke · #416, 27y
Zeki · #1595, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Malika · #370, 44y
Adem · #368, 44y
Aleksandr · #365, 48y
Corinne · #358, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Kristel · #407, 33y
Huda · #421, 43y
Rahma · #424, 45y
Allyson · #401, 15y

Zeinab was ranked #413 in Norway · Girls in 1978. 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.

Zeinab 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 Zeinab without appearing here.

Zeinab moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1617 and #3998.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3541 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Zeinab

Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2340.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2499.
Meabh Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1142.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1617 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #938.

Moved the opposite way to Zeinab

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeinab went from #1031 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeinab went from #1031 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeinab went from #1031 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeinab went from #1031 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Zeinab

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeinab went from #1031 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeinab went from #1031 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeinab went from #1031 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeinab went from #1031 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #413 in Norway in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zeinab

Zeinab at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zeinab across 2 official records

Zeinab by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zeinab appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Zeinab at a glance

Zeinab across 2 official records

Zeinab by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zeinab appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Zeinab

Zeinab and the names beside it

Zeinab moved ahead of

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