Zaire
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #503 for boys in 2025, 601 births
Given to boys 86.9% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Georgia#191 · 1 in 800
- Maryland#270 · 1 in 1,106
- Arkansas#300 · 1 in 1,142
- Florida#338 · 1 in 1,653
- Massachusetts#357 · 1 in 1,820
Best ever in a state: #153 in District of Columbia, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #191 | 63 | 1 in 800 |
| Maryland | #270 | 21 | 1 in 1,106 |
| Arkansas | #300 | 11 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Florida | #338 | 57 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Massachusetts | #357 | 15 | 1 in 1,820 |
| Mississippi | #374 | 8 | 1 in 1,434 |
| North Carolina | #397 | 27 | 1 in 1,879 |
| Texas | #398 | 88 | 1 in 2,016 |
| New York | #418 | 40 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Tennessee | #425 | 19 | 1 in 1,881 |
| Virginia | #428 | 18 | 1 in 2,069 |
| Alabama | #447 | 11 | 1 in 1,990 |
| Indiana | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,107 |
| New Jersey | #453 | 17 | 1 in 2,374 |
| Ohio | #465 | 23 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Missouri | #475 | 12 | 1 in 2,237 |
| Louisiana | #489 | 10 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Michigan | #490 | 17 | 1 in 2,363 |
| Illinois | #500 | 20 | 1 in 2,508 |
| Nevada | #505 | 5 | 1 in 2,205 |
| Kansas | #514 | 6 | 1 in 2,262 |
| Arizona | #519 | 13 | 1 in 2,500 |
| Kentucky | #540 | 7 | 1 in 2,830 |
| Oregon | #542 | 6 | 1 in 2,465 |
| Oklahoma | #566 | 7 | 1 in 2,501 |
| Wisconsin | #570 | 8 | 1 in 2,943 |
| Pennsylvania | #586 | 15 | 1 in 3,468 |
| South Carolina | #638 | 6 | 1 in 3,404 |
| California | #645 | 44 | 1 in 4,088 |
| Colorado | #723 | 6 | 1 in 4,136 |
| Washington | #796 | 7 | 1 in 4,522 |
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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
- 33 spots since 2024 (#470 → #503)
- 23 spots since 2020 (#526 → #503)
- 370 spots since 2015 (#873 → #503)
- Biggest jump: 292 spots in 1997 (#1,292 → #1,000)
- Biggest drop: 249 spots in 2001 (#796 → #1,045)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 2023 at #466 (655 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 2002–2025
- 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%)
- 38.3% of all boys named Zaire (3,625) were born in this decade
- 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.
Zaire in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 84,452 of them was named Zaire, which outranked 65.0% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,960Zoraya20
- #5,960Zurie20
- #5,960Zuzu20
- #6,169Zaire19
- #6,169Aarushi19
- #6,169Abbey19
- #6,169Adahlia19
- #6,409Adelyna18
- #6,409Aime18
- #6,409Airis18
Tied with 239 names at #6,169; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 2,612 of them was named Zaire, which outranked 96.7% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.