NameTides

Zaire

Zaire was the #503 boys' name in the US in 2025 (601 babies), and #896 in England & Wales and #1,167 in Canada.

Zaire as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zaire as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Zaire as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#503 (601)#896 (35)—#1,167 (21)
2024#470 (655)#1,000 (30)#785 (3)#1,205 (19)
2023#466 (655)#1,071 (27)—#2,336 (7)
2022#496 (615)#1,534 (16)—#1,483 (13)
2021#529 (557)#2,493 (8)—#1,277 (16)
2020#526 (542)#1,825 (12)—#1,382 (14)
2019#560 (498)#2,104 (10)—#2,440 (6)
2018#656 (389)#2,259 (9)—#2,176 (7)
2017#746 (317)#3,996 (4)—#2,439 (6)
2016#779 (305)——#1,683 (10)
2015#873 (254)#4,747 (3)——
2014#904 (238)#3,362 (5)——
2013#927 (220)———
2012#962 (209)#3,987 (4)——
2011#904 (224)#4,647 (3)——

Zaire as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Zaire as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Zaire as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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 & Wales
2025#11,932 (7)—
2024#7,967 (13)—
2023#6,169 (19)—
2022#8,542 (12)—
2021#6,967 (16)#5,581 (3)
2020#8,406 (12)—
2019#5,612 (22)—
2018#6,792 (17)—
2017#4,304 (33)—
2016#5,622 (23)—
2015#5,653 (23)—
2014#3,848 (39)—
2013#3,513 (44)—
2012#3,711 (42)—
2011#4,353 (33)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #466.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zaire is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zaire by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #407NYMassachusetts: #318MAOregon: #604ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #395INOhio: #627OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #591CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #398TNNorth Carolina: #447NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #353LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #217GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #502TXFlorida: #369FL
Zaire (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#1,2178

Zaire (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
ZaireCanadaBoys#1,16721
ZaireEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ZaireEngland & WalesBoys#89635
ZaireIrelandBoys—too few
ZaireNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZaireUSGirls#11,9327
ZaireUSBoys#503601