Unisex name · since 2002
Zayde
489 babies named Zayde in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,006 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,567 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 489
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zayde currently ranks #3567 among unisex names in America, with 489 babies recorded since 2002.
Zayde has 489 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3567 as of the latest data, more common than 74% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #8,006 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,567 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 489 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zayde ranks #8,006 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,567 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 489 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,006 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,567 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 489
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zayde's 489 recorded births place it above 82.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Zayde compares
489 Top 45% higher than 55% 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
Zayde's all-time total is 33% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zayde | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 489 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zayde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zayde's full recorded timeline at 2015, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zayde popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Zayde popularity over time - girls
43 total births recorded since 2008 (Zayde as girls' name)
Zayde by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (234 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Zayde's strongest decade.
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Zayde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 46
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
209 births
- 2020s
2020s
234 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 234 births (48% of all-time use).
Zayde by state
Where Zayde concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 29 | 5.9% |
| #2 | California | | 13 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 10 | 2.0% |
29 of 489 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Zaydes (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zayde: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Zayde 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.