NameTides

Zayd

Zayd was the #632 boys' name in the US in 2025 (442 babies), and #181 in England & Wales and #199 in Canada.

Zayd as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zayd as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandUS
Zayd as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#632 (442)#181 (285)#495 (6)#402 (9)#199 (170)
2024#684 (397)#201 (250)#478 (6)#472 (7)#241 (136)
2023#731 (361)#226 (215)#728 (3)#660 (4)#294 (108)
2022#729 (356)#240 (199)#703 (3)#779 (3)#365 (85)
2021#805 (304)#272 (169)#720 (3)#755 (3)#366 (85)
2020#779 (301)#266 (176)—#637 (4)#386 (80)
2019#808 (283)#267 (183)—#646 (4)#380 (82)
2018#883 (248)#301 (161)—#749 (3)#393 (76)
2017#929 (225)#334 (144)#602 (4)—#502 (56)
2016#1,130 (171)#362 (128)——#513 (56)
2015#1,070 (185)#363 (122)——#578 (46)
2014#1,147 (165)#374 (109)—#715 (3)#456 (65)
2013#1,238 (143)#338 (122)#520 (5)—#669 (37)
2012#1,367 (123)#460 (86)#669 (3)—#733 (32)
2011#1,240 (140)#528 (66)——#744 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #632.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 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 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 950common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 940common

Next year

On its recent trend, Zayd is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zayd by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #403WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #251MNIllinois: #433ILMichigan: #445MINew York: #382NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: 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: #513OHPennsylvania: #477PANew Jersey: #412NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #591CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #661TXFlorida: #602FL
Zayd (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
Quebec2025#12055
Ontario2024#18372

Zayd (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
ZaydCanadaBoys#199170
ZaydEngland & WalesBoys#181285
ZaydIrelandBoys#4029
ZaydNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZaydScotlandBoys#4956
ZaydUSGirls—too few
ZaydUSBoys#632442