Zaire
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- #503 for boys in 2025, 601 births
- Given to boys 86.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 655 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,465since 1974
Zaire over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #503 | 601 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #470 | 655 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #466 | 655 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #496 | 615 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #529 | 557 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #526 | 542 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #560 | 498 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #656 | 389 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 | #746 | 317 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | #779 | 305 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #873 | 254 |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 | #904 | 238 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | #927 | 220 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 | #962 | 209 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #904 | 224 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 | #910 | 222 |
| 2009 | #3,409 | 48 | #883 | 238 |
| 2008 | #2,995 | 58 | #845 | 257 |
| 2007 | #3,047 | 57 | #801 | 268 |
| 2006 | #2,916 | 59 | #819 | 248 |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 | #870 | 211 |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | #967 | 173 |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 | #845 | 205 |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 54 | #891 | 182 |
| 2001 | #2,540 | 60 | #1,045 | 140 |
| 2000 | #1,998 | 83 | #796 | 203 |
| 1999 | #1,940 | 81 | #837 | 180 |
| 1998 | #2,124 | 68 | #1,105 | 116 |
| 1997 | #1,914 | 76 | #1,000 | 128 |
| 1996 | #2,125 | 64 | #1,292 | 85 |
| 1995 | #2,516 | 50 | #1,508 | 63 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 | #1,531 | 61 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #6,721 | 5 |
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| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1974
The first year at least five boys were named Zaire! It came in at #4,190, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1987, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Zaire is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#215 · 1 in 774
- Georgia#217 · 1 in 897
- Connecticut#296 · 1 in 1,321
- Massachusetts#318 · 1 in 1,589
- Louisiana#353 · 1 in 1,366
Best ever in a state: #153 in District of Columbia, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #215 | 14 | 1 in 774 |
| Georgia | #217 | 56 | 1 in 897 |
| Connecticut | #296 | 10 | 1 in 1,321 |
| Massachusetts | #318 | 17 | 1 in 1,589 |
| Louisiana | #353 | 14 | 1 in 1,366 |
| Maryland | #364 | 14 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Florida | #369 | 53 | 1 in 1,803 |
| Indiana | #395 | 18 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Tennessee | #398 | 20 | 1 in 1,838 |
| New York | #407 | 42 | 1 in 2,010 |
| South Carolina | #414 | 12 | 1 in 1,767 |
| North Carolina | #447 | 24 | 1 in 2,145 |
| Alabama | #450 | 11 | 1 in 1,956 |
| Virginia | #473 | 16 | 1 in 2,328 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Texas | #502 | 67 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Missouri | #518 | 11 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Illinois | #544 | 17 | 1 in 2,915 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Michigan | #571 | 14 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Minnesota | #586 | 8 | 1 in 3,062 |
| California | #591 | 50 | 1 in 3,509 |
| Arizona | #594 | 11 | 1 in 2,975 |
| Oregon | #604 | 5 | 1 in 3,012 |
| Colorado | #626 | 8 | 1 in 3,356 |
| Ohio | #627 | 15 | 1 in 3,502 |
| Washington | #684 | 9 | 1 in 3,644 |
| New Jersey | #707 | 9 | 1 in 4,418 |
| Pennsylvania | #742 | 11 | 1 in 4,751 |
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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 Zaire
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 33 spots since 2024 (#470 → #503)
- 23 spots since 2020 (#526 → #503)
- Biggest jump: 292 spots in 1997
- Biggest drop: 249 spots in 2001
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 2023 at #466 (655 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 2002–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,612
- Highest: 1 in 2,612 boys born in 2023 were named Zaire (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,842 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 38.3% of all boys named Zaire (3,625) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
- Mostly girls until 1989, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 63 | #2,450 (1975) | #3,673 |
| 1980s | 44 | #4,450 (1988) | #5,881 |
| 1990s | 732 | #837 (1999) | #1,837 |
| 2000s | 2,125 | #796 (2000) | #876 |
| 2010s | 2,876 | #560 (2019) | #822 |
| 2020s | 3,625 | #466 (2023) | #498 |
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.
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