How Many People Are Named Zinab?
An estimated 45 people in the United States have the first name Zinab. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Zinab peaked in popularity in 1996 with 7 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Zinab as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Zinab paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Zinab is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
45
About 1 in 7,616,763 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
1996
7 births
Total Registered
46
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Zinab
Zinab is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 46 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Zinab as a female name
Ranked #18,853 in 2016
5 female births in 2016
Peak: 1996 (7 births)
Zinab: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Zinab span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 16 babies were registered. While Zinab is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Zinab by Decade
How has Zinab tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Zinab + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Zinab as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Zinab
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Zinab: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zinab?
We estimate approximately 45 people named Zinab are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 7,616,763 Americans share this first name.
Is Zinab a common name?
Zinab is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 52.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 46 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Zinab most popular?
Zinab reached peak popularity in 1996, when 7 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Zinab is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Zinab a female name?
Zinab is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Zinab Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Zinab Smith, Zinab Johnson, Zinab Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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