Ziyad

Ziyad was the #2,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (52 babies), and #782 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Ziyad as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ziyad 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Ziyad 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.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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#2,539 (52)#782 (42)—#1,311 (18)
2024#3,161 (38)#880 (36)#655 (4)#927 (27)
2023#3,055 (40)#874 (36)#770 (3)#947 (25)
2022#2,962 (42)#967 (31)—#1,350 (15)
2021#3,021 (40)#1,250 (21)—#946 (25)
2020#2,437 (53)#1,150 (23)—#1,038 (21)
2019#2,993 (40)#1,189 (22)—#973 (23)
2018#3,240 (35)#1,097 (25)—#910 (25)
2017#2,951 (40)#1,627 (15)—#1,038 (21)
2016#2,661 (46)#1,363 (19)—#865 (27)
2015#2,276 (58)#1,327 (19)—#715 (35)
2014#2,370 (54)#1,281 (20)—#898 (25)
2013#3,060 (36)#1,339 (18)—#1,164 (17)
2012#2,678 (45)#1,756 (13)—#813 (28)
2011#2,590 (47)#1,124 (23)—#1,118 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #2,437.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 33,000 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 33,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ziyad is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 36,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 29,000 to 1 in 45,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ziyad by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ziyad (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#4639
Ontario2024#96411

Ziyad (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
ZiyadCanadaBoys#1,31118
ZiyadEngland & WalesBoys#78242
ZiyadIrelandBoys—too few
ZiyadNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZiyadUSBoys#2,53952