Zain is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “beauty.” In 2024 it was given to 532 boys in the United States.
Zain belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “beauty” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Zain first appears in Social Security records in 1968. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #539 in 2019, and in 2024 532 babies received the name — 9,395 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Zain means “beauty” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Zain is a boy name. In 2024, 532 babies received the name in the US.
Zain comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Zain first appears in US records in 1968. Its best-ever ranking was #539 in 2019, and 532 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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