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Zaine

#2,602 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Zaine has been given to 2,016 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #2,602 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 105 recorded.

Babies named Zaine, 2025

1 in 65,000

Zaine over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zaine: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zaine means

Zaine is a given name.

The naming story behind Zaine

Wikidata records Zaine as a given name. The entity identifier is Q52984712, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,000 boys were recorded with the name Zaine between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 105 in 2015; its best national rank was #1,554 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,290 in 2020 to #2,602 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,554 in 2015 to #2,602 in 2025.

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Zaine between 2005 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2008; its best national rank was #17,451 in 2008.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Zaine?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 65,000
51 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 33,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,602
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
45,058 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zaine sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 45,058 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zaine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zaines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zaine was born before 2013 — so the typical Zaine is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
42.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,000
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 42.8% of all recorded uses (855).

Is Zaine rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−367
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−312
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,048
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.49×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
48.6%
Peak was 2015 (105)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,554
2015

Spellings of Zaine

Zaine is not the most common spelling — Wayne is, with 45.4% against Zaine's 0.26%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Zaine is used

Across 2016–2025, Zaine was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 32,841 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 14,286
  2. 2Florida1 in 16,667
  3. 3Texas1 in 20,000
  4. 4Michigan1 in 33,333
  5. 5New York1 in 33,333
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 33,333
  7. 7Indiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8Maryland1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Zaine around the world

Where Zaine ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • France
    2009–2010
    #5,055
    in 2010
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1989–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Zaine

People whose public names include Zaine, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Zaine by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,602
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 312
Best rank ever
#1,554
2015
Peak year
2015
105 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,000
Count in 2025
51

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#17,451
2008
Peak year
2008
6 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
16
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Zaine

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Zaine

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Zaine, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Zaine

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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