Zaid

What Zaid means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Zaid yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zaid?

US: Rising: up from #888 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #577 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 475 boys got the name (#581 that year). First in the US records in 1969.

How common

• About 1 in 4,249 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,472 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,806 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.67 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.48 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Zaid is #675 in the US and #376 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Zaid were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zayd442 US · 285 E&W
• Said107 US · 11 E&W
• Zade105 US · 11 E&W
• Saad59 US · 41 E&W
• Zayde32 US
• Zeyd16 US · 15 E&W
• Sid7 US · 19 E&W
• Saud14 US · 7 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Zaid

Boys

• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025
• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Omari#686Editor’s note Down from #508 in 2015 to #686 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Leyla#611Editor’s note Up from #782 in 2015 to #611 in 2025 in the US
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zaid’s. Rank is US 2025.