Zubin

Boys' name

Form of Chobin

Zubin has been given to 355 babies in the U.S. since 1970. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2004, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Zubin, 2024

1 in 371,000

Zubin over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zubin: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Chobin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zubin means

Zubin is a form of Chobin.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Zubin is used in Indian (Parsi).

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Chobin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 355 boys were recorded with the name Zubin between 1970 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2004; its best national rank was #3,881 in 1983.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Zubin?

Zubin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 371,000; 9 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 191,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 257,451 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zubin 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 2024 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 257,451 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zubin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zubins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zubin was born before 2004 — so the typical Zubin is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 25.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 56.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 355; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 25.1% of all recorded uses (89).

Is Zubin 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2004 (14)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,881; 1983

Spellings of Zubin

Zubin is not the most common spelling — Ruben is, with 59.5% against Zubin's 0.18%.

Ruben59.5%116,552
Robin24.0%46,952
Zain5.1%9,918
Rubin3.6%7,054
Tobin2.8%5,570
Albin2.3%4,431
Quin0.87%1,698
Zuri0.39%770

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 Zubin is used

Across 1910–2025, Zubin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 792,396 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

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. Zubin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zubin around the world

Where Zubin 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
1996–2021
#3,990
in 2021

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Zubin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,881; 1983
Peak year: 2004; 14 that year
First recorded: 1970
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 355
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zubin

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

Zubayr Zubair Jabin Orbin Cobin Sabin Ebin Irbin Albin Reubin Jobin Kebin Tobin Marbin Kobin Rubin Elbin Aubin Colbin Zuberi Zuber Zubeyr Robbin Arbin

Sibling names for Zubin

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

For a sister

Iyanna Charlize Jasmyn Kya Elyssa Shreya Anastacia Jaci

For a brother

Kadin Alexandro Lazaro Reagan Braulio Alexandre Johnpaul Mikel

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