Boys' name · since 1974
Zayd
4,890 babies named Zayd in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,796 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #633 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,890
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
4,890 babies have been named Zayd since 1974, making it today's #633 boys' name.
Zayd has 4,890 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #633 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #1,796 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #633 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,890 born since 1974
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zayd ranks #1,796 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #633 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,890 born since 1974, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,796 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #633 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,890
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zayd's 4,890 recorded births place it above 96.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zayd compares
4,890 Top 13% higher than 87% of 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
Zayd's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zayd | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,890 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 442 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zayd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zayd's full recorded timeline at 2005, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 442 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zayd popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 442
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Zayd popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Zayd as girls' name)
Zayd by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,161 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Zayd's strongest decade.
2,161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Zayd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 141
1990s
141 births
- 2000s 742
2000s
742 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,815 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,161 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,161 births (44% of all-time use).
How Zayd compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Zayd's total volume
Zayd by state
Where Zayd concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 651 | 13.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 474 | 9.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 331 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 297 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 255 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 221 | 4.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 209 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 173 | 3.5% |
651 of 4,890 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Zayd appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Zayds (651 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Zayd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Zayd 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.