Meaning and history
The name means “beauty” or “grace” in Arabic and was the name of a son of Husayn ibn Ali, whom Shia Muslims regard as the fourth imam. It is also borne by British singer Zayn Malik (born 1993), formerly of One Direction, and became more popular in the United States and parts of Europe after the band rose to fame in 2011.
20062006: 39 births, rank #2,881
2007: 46 births, rank #2,643
2008: 47 births, rank #2,632
2009: 55 births, rank #2,348
2010: 46 births, rank #2,632
20112011: 49 births, rank #2,504
2012: 133 births, rank #1,299
2013: 233 births, rank #894
2014: 272 births, rank #829
2015: 407 births, rank #643
20162016: 749 births, rank #419
2017: 993 births, rank #344
2018: 999 births, rank #336
2019: 986 births, rank #340
2020: 1,058 births, rank #312
20212021: 1,226 births, rank #282
2022: 1,262 births, rank #275
2023: 1,417 births, rank #246
2024: 1,426 births, rank #249
20252025: 1,381 births, rank #251
Zayn moved from #249 to #253 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2024, with 1,426 births.