How Many People Are Named Zaid?
people named Zaid are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 46,362 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,460 babies named Zaid in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
475 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of ZAYD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zaid in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zaid alive today is about 12 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zaid first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2018, to 475 babies. In 2025, 402 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zaid has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #581, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #677.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #677 |
| Best rank | #581 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #817 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zaid alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zaid were born in California than in any other state: about 1,222 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zaid was given 2.2 times as often in Illinois, 1.8 times in New Jersey and 1.8 times in New York.
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