How rare is the name Zaire?

5,857 people in the United States have the first name Zaire, about 1 in 51,568. It ranks #3,527 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ZAIRE

#3,527

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,857
About
1 in 51,568
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,857 people named Zaire, 83% reported their origin as Black, 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as two or more races. 80% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zaire peaked in 2023, when 674 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
674
In 2025*
608 ▼10%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 10,897 babies have been given the name since 1974. 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.

Zaire by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,001. The largest share of babies named Zaire, 56.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#9,38480
1980s#12,09273
1990s#2,4621,149
2000s#1,6452,690
2010s#1,5973,201
2020s#1,0013,704
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–965.2%
Generation Z 1997–1237.8%
2013 and later56.2%

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 Zaire is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zaire has been most common in Georgia (2.8×), New Jersey (2.6×), and Maryland (2.3×), and least common in Minnesota (0.19×).

8,716 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 Zaire

2 other first names also have 5,857 people.

#3,527 Aliana · 5,857#3,527 Roni · 5,857

Either side of Zaire

#3,527 Aliana · 5,857#3,527 Roni · 5,857#3,530 Luiz · 5,855#3,531 Averi · 5,854

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,797 Zaira · 5,219#21,875 Zair · 460

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