Zayn comes from the Arabic zayn — beauty, grace — and has been a respected given name across the Muslim world for centuries, carried by a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. In the West, it arrived with full pop-star wattage: Zayn Malik of One Direction introduced the name to millions of British and American ears between 2010 and 2015, and the U.S. charts responded, placing Zayn in the top 300 within a few years of the band's debut. One syllable, a buzzing Z-opening, a long vowel, a clean N. The name carries devotional meaning and stadium-lit cool at once.
Popularity
1880 to today
US SSA data. Lower rank number means more popular. A flat line at the top of the chart means the name did not rank in the top 1000.
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