How rare is the name Zaida?

6,404 people in the United States have the first name Zaida, about 1 in 47,163. It ranks #3,314 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZAIDA

#3,314

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,404
About
1 in 47,163
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,404 people named Zaida, 80% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% as White and 5.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zaida peaked in 2011, when 114 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
114
In 2025*
58 ▼49%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,929 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.

Zaida by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #2,080. The largest share of babies named Zaida, 35.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,08028
1890s#3,18714
1900s#4,32210
1910s#5,28862
1920s#8,13841
1930s#8,93119
1940s#8,64526
1950s#3,801215
1960s#3,815254
1970s#4,325280
1980s#5,325263
1990s#4,573450
2000s#3,598896
2010s#3,851889
2020s#4,110482
Before 19011.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.7%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–649.3%
Generation X 1965–8010.9%
Millennials 1981–9612.9%
Generation Z 1997–1235.3%
2013 and later27.1%

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 Zaida is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zaida has been most common in New York (3.7×), Texas (3.2×), and California (2.5×), and least common in Illinois (0.42×).

1,906 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.

Either side of Zaida

#3,312 Ginny · 6,417#3,312 Teodoro · 6,417#3,315 Elyssa · 6,403#3,316 Frieda · 6,400

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,332 Zaid · 6,365#7,215 Zayda · 2,136#8,847 Zada · 1,613#11,574 Zahida · 1,102#25,184 Zaide · 378#39,641 Zaidy · 190

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