Is Zeynep a boy or girl name?

Zeynep is a girl’s name. Of the 1,454 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Zeynep

Recorded 1981–2025 · United States

Zeynep was most popular in 2022, when 138 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,860 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,792, with 90 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,454 people named Zeynep.

Zeynep over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zeynep’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zeynep a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zeynep is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,454 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Zeynep

Where Zeynep is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org