How Many People Are Named Zayd?
people named Zayd are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 70,442 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,895 babies named Zayd in Social Security records from 1974 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
442 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Arabic زاد (zada) "to increase". This was the name of a slave who became the adopted son of the Prophet Muhammad.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Zayd (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zayd alive today is about 9 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zayd first appears in the records in 1974, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 442 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zayd has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #633, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #633.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #633 |
| Best rank | #633 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #724 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zayd alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zayd were born in California than in any other state: about 646 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zayd was given 2.4 times as often in Minnesota, 2.2 times in Pennsylvania and 2.1 times in New Jersey.
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