Zaide

#5,847 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning not yet documented

Zaide has been given to 313 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #5,847 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% boys, 34% girls all-time.

Babies named Zaide, 2025

1 in 207,000

Zaide over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Zaide over time

In 2025, Zaide went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19982025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

How common is Zaide?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,847
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zaide sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zaide. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zaides were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zaide was born before 2013 — so the typical Zaide is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
208
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Choose a decade

2010s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (104).

Is Zaide rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,898
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+6,136
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,763
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.29×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
84.2%
Peak was 2011 (19)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,975
2011

Spellings of Zaide

Zaide is not the most common spelling — Aiden is, with 31.3% against Zaide's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Zaide around the world

Where Zaide ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2013
    #4,685
    in 2013
  • South Australia
    2003–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Zaide by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,847
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6,136
Best rank ever
#4,975
2011
Peak year
2011
19 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
208
Count in 2025
16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,733
2008
Peak year
2008
17 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
105
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Zaide

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Zaide

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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