How rare is the name Zaid?

6,365 people in the United States have the first name Zaid, about 1 in 47,452. It ranks #3,332 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ZAID

#3,332

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,365
About
1 in 47,452
This common or more
82.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,365 people named Zaid, 45.1% reported their origin as White, 23% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 96.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zaid peaked in 2018, when 475 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
475
In 2025*
402 ▼15%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,460 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Zaid by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,383. The largest share of babies named Zaid, 60.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#10,96960
1980s#7,409159
1990s#4,240502
2000s#2,4081,580
2010s#1,7752,758
2020s#1,3832,396
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–966.1%
Generation Z 1997–1232%
2013 and later60.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Zaid is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zaid has been most common in Arizona (2.8×), Texas (2.3×), and California (2.1×), and least common in Indiana (0.29×).

5,906 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Zaid

1 other first name also has 6,365 people.

#3,332 Lyndsay · 6,365

Either side of Zaid

#3,331 Alesha · 6,367#3,332 Lyndsay · 6,365#3,334 Chrissy · 6,361#3,335 Andra · 6,359

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zaid, most common first.

#3,314 Zaida · 6,404#6,512 Zayd · 2,453#7,340 Zahid · 2,086#25,184 Zaide · 378#39,641 Zaidy · 190

Also a last name

As a last name, Zaid ranks #27,817 of 156,621, with 916 people. See Zaid as a last name

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