Girls' name · since 1978
Zeida
Zeida has 44 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,596 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zeida is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 44 have been recorded since 1978.
Zeida has 44 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2022.
- #36,596 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeida ranks #36,596 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,596 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zeida's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zeida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zeida's full recorded timeline at 2005, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zeida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2022
- Peak year (2005)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Zeida by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (16 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Zeida's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Zeida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Zeida's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- 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 Zeida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1978–2022 (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 Zeida 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.