Boys' name · since 2011

Zeyd

73 babies named Zeyd in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#19,594 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#5,818 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
73
born since 2011
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Zeyd is the #5818 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 73 recorded since 2011.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeyd has been recorded 73 times among boys since 2011, currently ranked #5818 nationally and more common than 58% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.

  • #19,594 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #5,818 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 73 born since 2011
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeyd ranks #19,594 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,818 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 73 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.

#19,594 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#5,818 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
73
born since 2011
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%58.2%
Zeyd vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zeyd's 73 recorded births place it above 56.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zeyd compares

73 21st 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

Zeyd's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zeyd Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 73 369 358,536
Peak-year births 16 34 22,252

Zeyd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Zeyd's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Zeyd popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
16
Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
05101520 20112014201520212022202320242025 16

Zeyd by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (55 births, 75% of the file).

2020s was Zeyd's strongest decade.

55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.

Zeyd births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 55 births (75% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zeyd?
Since 2011, Social Security records show 73 babies named Zeyd. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #19,594 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #5,818 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 16 births.
Where does Zeyd sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeyd ranks #19,594 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,818 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zeyd most popular?
Zeyd was most popular in the 2020s decade with 55 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Zeyd been used?
Zeyd has been recorded in Social Security data since 2011, spanning 15 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Zeyd?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zeyad, Zeyden, Zeyn, Zeydan. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zeyd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2011–2025 (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 Zeyd 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.