Unisex name · since 1999
Zaide
208 babies named Zaide in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,734 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,759 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaide is the #5759 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 208 recorded since 1999.
Zaide has 208 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5759 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #12,734 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,759 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 208 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaide ranks #12,734 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,759 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 208 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,734 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,759 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaide's 208 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zaide compares
208 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zaide's all-time total is 44% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaide | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 208 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zaide's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zaide splits its recorded history at 2014: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zaide popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Zaide popularity over time - girls
105 total births recorded since 1998 (Zaide as girls' name)
Zaide by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (104 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Zaide's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Zaide births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 104 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Zaide's data
- Zaide's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zaide: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zaide draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.