How Many People Are Named Zaire?
people named Zaire are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,711 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,897 babies named Zaire in Social Security records from 1974 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
674 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Used by Voltaire for the heroine of his tragic play 'Zaïre' (1732), about a Christian woman enslaved by Muslims. The heroine is named Zara in some English translations. Voltaire may have based the name on ZAHRAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Zaire, 13.1% were girls and 86.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Zaire fell from 36.3% in the 1990s to 2.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zaire alive today is about 12 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zaire first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 2023, to 674 babies. In 2025, 608 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zaire has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #466, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #503. Among girls, its best rank was #1,923, in 1997.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #503 | #13,151 |
| Best rank | #466 (2023) | #1,923 (1997) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #501 in the 2020s | #2,889 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zaire alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zaire were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,188 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zaire was given 2.9 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.7 times in New Jersey and 2.4 times in Georgia.
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