Zainab

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⭐ Famous Zainab

Zainab Salbi

Iraqi American author, women's rights activist

Choose Zainab and your child shares a first name with Zainab Salbi, an Iraqi American author, women's rights activist. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Zainab, like who?” Zainab Salbi's Wikipedia article is available in 29 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 4,755 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Zainab, 338 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Zainab would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryZainab first shows up in US birth records in 1957, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 68 years since.
• 🏆Best yearZainab is at its all-time high right now: #807 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowZainab is 2.7× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 12,706 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 4,755.
• 🚀TrendZainab has climbed 157 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #807. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedZainab is most popular in Michigan, where it ranks #272, followed by New York (#334) and Illinois (#337). It's in the top 1,000 in 17 states.

About the name Zainab

Zainab is a girl name. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with Z and ending in “-nab”. US birth records list Zainab for girls from 1957 to 2025, in 54 of those 69 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #807 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #807, with 338 babies.