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Zyaire

#317 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Zaire

Zyaire has been given to 9,529 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #317 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 1,129 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Zyaire, 2025

1 in 3,080

Zyaire over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Zyaire went to 2% girls and 98% boys.

19942025

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.

Zyaire: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Zaire

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zyaire means

Zyaire is a variant of Zaire.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Zyaire → Zaire. The family’s meaning is “river swallowing rivers”, recorded in the naming reference for Zaire.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zaire.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,807 boys were recorded with the name Zyaire between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,129 in 2024; its best national rank was #298 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #444 in 2020 to #317 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,045 in 2015 to #317 in 2025.

In the United States, 722 girls were recorded with the name Zyaire between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 2008; its best national rank was #3,777 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,754 in 2020 to #6,113 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,829 in 2015 to #6,113 in 2025.

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.

How common is Zyaire?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,080
1,077 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 1,590
0.06% of boys
Rank, 2025
#317
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,135 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zyaire 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 1003%
School of 50015%

Put another way: gather 2,135 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zyaire. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zyaires were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zyaire was born before 2021 — so the typical Zyaire is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
63.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,807
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 63.8% of all recorded uses (5,618).

Is Zyaire 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
−19
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+127
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+728
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
5.61×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
95.4%
Peak was 2024 (1,129)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#298
2024

Spellings of Zyaire

Zyaire is not the most common spelling — Zaire is, with 22.0% against Zyaire's 20.5%.

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.

Where Zyaire is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Zyaire was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 568 boys, against 1 in 2,207 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in 33,333).

3176 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 568
  2. 2Georgia1 in 1,031
  3. 3Maryland1 in 1,099
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 1,099
  5. 5Michigan1 in 1,205
  6. 6Illinois1 in 1,235
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 1,316
  8. 8Wisconsin1 in 1,471

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Zyaire is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 68% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Zyaire is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Zyaire was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 217,387 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 100,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Maryland1 in —
  4. 4Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Zyaire has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zyaire around the world

Where Zyaire 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
    2019–2025
    #1,307
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2020–2024
    #1,144
    in 2024

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

Zyaire by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#317
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 127
Best rank ever
#298
2024
Peak year
2024
1,129 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,807
Count in 2025
1,077

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,113
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,359
Best rank ever
#3,777
2008
Peak year
2008
43 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
722
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Zyaire

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

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Names with a curve like Zyaire

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Zyaire, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Zyaire

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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