Zaire

What Zaire means

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

Editor’s note Up from #873 in 2015 to #503 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zaire?

US: Rising: up from #873 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4747 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 655 boys got the name (#466 that year). First in the US records in 1974.

How common

• About 1 in 2,842 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,770 baby boys in England and Wales 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 MS (1.29 per 1,000 boys), GA (1.12 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.76 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zaire is #503 in the US and #896 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.8% of US babies named Zaire were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Sire121 US · 5 E&W
• Zair51 US
• Xaire24 US
• Cire14 US
• Saire10 US
• Zaaire8 US
• Sair7 US
• Cyire6 US

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 Zaire

Boys

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• River#111From the word “river”^*
• Kairo#226Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 6 babies
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*

For a sister

• Sage#160“sedge”^*
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zaire’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.