NameTides

Zaid

Zaid was the #675 boys' name in the US in 2025 (402 babies), and #376 in England & Wales and #419 in Canada.

Zaid as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zaid as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUSIreland
Zaid as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#675 (402)#376 (110)#441 (7)—#676 (4)#419 (77)
2024#659 (416)#434 (93)—#404 (3)#785 (3)#404 (80)
2023#723 (367)#561 (67)——#770 (3)#482 (58)
2022#661 (414)#548 (70)——#779 (3)#516 (54)
2021#665 (407)#618 (60)#720 (3)—#755 (3)#513 (56)
2020#669 (390)#544 (68)———#639 (40)
2019#635 (425)#552 (68)——#646 (4)#574 (47)
2018#581 (475)#629 (57)——#749 (3)#533 (52)
2017#773 (303)#635 (56)#602 (4)——#550 (49)
2016#897 (242)#558 (67)#592 (4)——#550 (50)
2015#888 (249)#577 (64)———#734 (34)
2014#952 (221)#624 (55)#680 (3)——#620 (43)
2013#897 (232)#655 (51)#590 (4)—#711 (3)#892 (25)
2012#936 (217)#577 (62)#669 (3)—#718 (3)#885 (25)
2011#1,037 (183)#557 (63)——#623 (4)#648 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #581.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1969.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zaid is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 4,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zaid by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #325ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #513NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #427PANew Jersey: #469NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #509CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #435VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #684TXFlorida: #704FL
Zaid (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#35238
Quebec2025#42710

Zaid (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZaidCanadaBoys#41977
ZaidEngland & WalesBoys#376110
ZaidIrelandBoys#6764
ZaidNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZaidScotlandBoys#4417
ZaidUSBoys#675402