Zaid

#675 for boys in 2025, 402 births

Peak · boys
2018 · 475 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,460
since 1969

Zaid over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zaid has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #581, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#675402
2024#659416
2023#723367
2022#661414
2021#665407
2020#669390
2019#635425
2018#581475
2017#773303
2016#897242
2015#888249
2014#952221
2013#897232
2012#936217
2011#1,037183
2010#949211
2009#988200
2008#926219
2007#1,015188
2006#1,003183
2005#1,026164
2004#963174
2003#997159
2002#1,215113
2001#1,40089
2000#1,38291
1999#1,54572
1998#1,58566
1997#1,67259
1996#2,14539
1995#1,75850
1994#1,60857
1993#1,68052
1992#2,17435
1991#1,98338
1990#2,12834
1989#2,90221
1988#2,09030
1987#3,52113
1986#2,77918
1985#3,80511
1984#2,61318
1983#2,57718
1982#5,0037
1981#3,60111
1980#3,43012
1979#3,81010
1978#3,8579
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1976#3,09512
1975#2,90213
1974#3,12011
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1970#4,7245
1969#4,4045
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five boys were named Zaid! It came in at #4,404, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1969–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Zaid is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedMNIllinois: #515 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,837 boysILWisconsin: #549 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,041 boysWIMichigan: #757 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,774 boysMINew York: #409 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 2,228 boysNYMassachusetts: #381 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,194 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedRIOregon: #545 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,650 boysORNevada: #503 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,371 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedIAIndiana: #940 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,551 boysINOhio: #1,002 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,745 boysOHPennsylvania: #654 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,266 boysPANew Jersey: #590 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,687 boysNJConnecticut: #495 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,795 boysCTCalifornia: #500 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 2,959 boysCAUtah: #609 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,200 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #342 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,404 boysWVVirginia: #539 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,008 boysVAMaryland: #491 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,495 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedDEArizona: #398 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,812 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedARTennessee: #897 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,973 boysTNNorth Carolina: #659 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,926 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedMSAlabama: #547 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,752 boysALGeorgia: #965 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,296 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zaid, so not publishedHITexas: #557 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 3,229 boysTXFlorida: #677 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 4,216 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#342 · 1 in 1,404
  2. Massachusetts#381 · 1 in 2,194
  3. Arizona#398 · 1 in 1,812
  4. New York#409 · 1 in 2,228
  5. Maryland#491 · 1 in 2,495

Best ever in a state: #325 in Illinois, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#34251 in 1,404
Massachusetts#381131 in 2,194
Arizona#398181 in 1,812
New York#409401 in 2,228
Maryland#491101 in 2,495
Connecticut#49551 in 2,795
California#500641 in 2,959
Nevada#50351 in 2,371
Illinois#515191 in 2,837
Virginia#539131 in 3,008
Oregon#54561 in 2,650
Alabama#54781 in 2,752
Wisconsin#54981 in 3,041
Texas#557531 in 3,229
New Jersey#590111 in 3,687
Utah#60961 in 3,200
Pennsylvania#654131 in 4,266
North Carolina#659131 in 3,926
Florida#677221 in 4,216
Michigan#75791 in 4,774
Tennessee#89761 in 5,973
Indiana#94051 in 6,551
Georgia#96581 in 6,296
Ohio#1,00271 in 7,745
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Zaid
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#659 → #675)
  • 6 spots since 2020 (#669 → #675)
  • 213 spots since 2015 (#888 → #675)
  • Biggest jump: 218 spots in 2003 (#1,215 → #997)
  • Biggest drop: 88 spots in 2011 (#949 → #1,037)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 2018 at #581 (475 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2012–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,823
  • Highest: 1 in 3,823 boys born in 2018 were named Zaid (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,249 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 37.0% of all boys named Zaid (2,758) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#4,404 (1969)#4,404
1970s60#2,902 (1975)#3,585
1980s159#2,090 (1988)#3,232
1990s502#1,545 (1999)#1,828
2000s1,580#926 (2008)#1,092
2010s2,758#581 (2018)#855
2020s2,396#659 (2024)#675

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zaid in 2021

boys
#665
407 births · 1 in 4,298 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #665Zaid407
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 4,298 of them was named Zaid, which outranked 95.3% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zaid
  1. #660Lionel410
  2. #660Yosef410
  3. #664Mohammad409
  4. #665Zaid407
  5. #665Rayan407
  6. #667Bruno406
  7. #668Roland405
  8. #669Brycen403

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →