Zeynab

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Zeynab: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,643 in 2019, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2643highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3174
1998	#2701
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#2970
2006	#5061
2007	#2895
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#3185
2012	#2969
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2015	#3252
2016	#4096
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2019	#2643
2021	#2711
2022	#3148
2023	#4709
2024	#2771

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years 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 #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2643 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zeynab 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 Zeynab in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	37	9 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	58	10 of 10	6
2020s	29	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Zeynab 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: #2643 in England and Wales in 2019.

Zeynab'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	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 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,643, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 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.

Asli · #2643, 24y
Akilah · #2659, 21y
Lamia · #2659, 21y
Marged · #2683, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Asli · #2643, 24y
Ishar · #2636, 10y
Mourad · #2636, 11y
Sayyid · #2636, 14y

Zeynab 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 Zeynab without appearing here.

Zeynab moved ahead of

Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Zeynab

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2895 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2643 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1785.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #2705.

Moved the same way as Zeynab

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeynab went from #2701 to #4709 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeynab went from #5707 to #2771 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2643 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zeynab

Zeynab at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zeynab by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zeynab appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zeynab and the names beside it

Zeynab moved ahead of

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Zeynab at a glance

Zeynab by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zeynab appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zeynab and the names beside it

Zeynab moved ahead of

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