Zaid Boy
How popular is Zaid?
#675 boy name in 2025
402 baby boys were named Zaid in the US in 2025, making it the 675th most popular boy name.
7,383living people named Zaid (est.)
10median age of people named Zaid
7,460babies named Zaid since 1880
1 in 8,247US babies born in 2025
Zaid popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #675 for boys (▼ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 402 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #888 in 2015, #669 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (475 boys) |
| Highest rank | #581 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zaid counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zaid family of names ranked #334 for boys in 2025, with 1,002 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zaid is most popular
Babies named Zaid per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
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- Arizona: 0.5 per 1,000 (75 boys)
- Illinois: 0.4 per 1,000 (114 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- New York: 0.4 per 1,000 (174 boys)
- Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (67 boys)
Zaid by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1970s | 60 | #2,900 |
| 1980s | 159 | #2,085 |
| 1990s | 502 | #1,542 |
| 2000s | 1,580 | #926 |
| 2010s | 2,758 | #581 |
| 2020s | 2,396 | #659 |
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Questions
- Is Zaid a boy or girl name?
- Zaid is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zaid were boys.
- How popular is the name Zaid?
- 402 baby boys were named Zaid in the US in 2025, making it the 675th most popular boy name.
- When was Zaid most popular?
- Zaid peaked in 2018, when 475 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #581 in 2018.
- How many people are named Zaid?
- 7,460 babies have been named Zaid in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,383 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Zaid most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zaid was most common in Arizona, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.