| Zaina | Malika | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Beauty, beautiful | queen |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | ZY-nuh | mah-LEE-kah |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2025 (170) | 1996 (183) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Zaina | Malika |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 850 | 459 |
| 2010s | 1,229 | 729 |
| 2000s | 741 | 740 |
| 1990s | 264 | 1,377 |
| 1980s | 39 | 813 |
| 1970s | 0 | 819 |
| 1960s | 0 | 30 |
Feminine form tied to Arabic زين (zayn) 'beauty, adornment', from the root z-y-n. Shares the same root as Zayn and the name Zaynab.
Arabic 'malika' is the feminine of 'malik', meaning 'queen', from the same Semitic root m-l-k. A literal 'queen' name across the Arabic-speaking world.
Zaina and Malika are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Zaina means Beauty, beautiful (arabic origin), while Malika means queen (arabic origin).
In US records, Zaina first appears in 0 and Malika in 0, so Zaina has the longer recorded history.