Zaida — #2460 US girls' name
3,871 babies named Zaida in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Zaida was born in this single decade.
114 babies were named Zaida in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zaida
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,871 babies named Zaida between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zaida currently holds the #2460 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 114 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaida performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 896 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zaida shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 549 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Zaida in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zaida in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,871 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zaida at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zaida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1881
- Peak year (2011)
- 114
- Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
Currently ranks #2460 among girls.
3,871 total births across 144 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 114 births in a single year.
Zaida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 896 births that decade — 23% of Zaida's all-time total
Zaida decade highlights
- Peak decade 896 births
- Runner-up 889 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zaida's strongest decade
896 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Zaida by state
Where Zaida concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 549 | 14.2% |
| #2 | California | | 475 | 12.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 464 | 12.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 100 | 2.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 45 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 40 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 39 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 38 | 1.0% |
549 of 3,871 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 14.2% of nationwide
- California 12.3% of nationwide
- Texas 12.0% of nationwide
- Florida 2.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 14.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Zaida appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.