Zubaidah

Girls' name

From Arabic زُبَيْدة; literal meaning unconfirmed

Zubaidah has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1973. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1973, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Zubaidah, 2015

1 in 740,000

Zubaidah over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zubaidah: meaning, origin, and history

From Arabic زُبَيْدة; literal meaning unconfirmed

Arabic

What Zubaidah means

Zubaidah is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Zubaidah is used in Malay. Its origins include Arabic.

Zubaidah comes through Arabic زُبَيْدة.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Malay, Zubaidah is pronounced /ˌzubaˈidah/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Zubaidah between 1973 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1973; its best national rank was #9,807 in 1973.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Zubaidah?

Zubaidah had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 740,000; 5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,148 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zubaidah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2015 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 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zubaidah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zubaidahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zubaidah was born before 1973 — so the typical Zubaidah is around 52 today.

Median birth year: 1973; About 52 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Zubaidah 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1973 (5)
Years since peak: 52; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #9,807; 1973

Zubaidah around the world

Where Zubaidah 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
2006–2014
#4,003
in 2014

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Zubaidah by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,807; 1973
Peak year: 1973; 5 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zubaidah

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

Zubaida Rufaidah Mawaddah Waheedah Hameedah Sajidah Khaleedah Yadah Walidah Hamidah Rawdah Fareedah Shaheedah Ziyadah Zahidah Aabidah Shahadah Vaydah Zubie Mirandah Faridah Ghadah Lyndah Khalidah

Sibling names for Zubaidah

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

For a sister

Melonie Carmelita Nicola Latonia Kesha Suzanna Jenni Latricia

For a brother

Demond Shon Erin Giuseppe Abdul Shelton Darrick Judd

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