Meaning and history
Meaning uncertain; it may derive from Arabic زين (zayn), meaning “beauty,” and أب (ʾab), meaning “father,” or from the name of a fragrant flowering tree, or it may be an Arabic form of Zenobia, the name of a pre-Islamic queen of Palmyra. Zaynab was also the name of a daughter, a granddaughter, and two wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
20062006: 47 births, rank #3,414
2007: 61 births, rank #2,930
2008: 59 births, rank #2,957
2009: 59 births, rank #2,940
2010: 60 births, rank #2,870
20112011: 56 births, rank #3,014
2012: 84 births, rank #2,232
2013: 102 births, rank #1,939
2014: 99 births, rank #1,997
2015: 133 births, rank #1,609
20162016: 146 births, rank #1,541
2017: 121 births, rank #1,744
2018: 136 births, rank #1,585
2019: 114 births, rank #1,789
2020: 111 births, rank #1,781
20212021: 126 births, rank #1,652
2022: 111 births, rank #1,828
2023: 143 births, rank #1,506
2024: 139 births, rank #1,536
20252025: 144 births, rank #1,484
In 2025, 144 babies were recorded with the name Zaynab, ranking #1,484 among girls.