girls:
105 births since 1998
#5611 (2nd percentile)
boys:
181 births since 1999
#4405 (4th percentile)
overall:
286 births since 1998
#7453 (4th percentile)
The name Zaide is the #7,453 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 286 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,405 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 181 births since 1999. For girls, it ranks #5,611 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 105 births since 1998.
Zaide first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for girls and 1999 for boys). Birth data for Zaide is available in 24 out of the 26 years between 1998 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 16 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zaide has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Zaide were boys. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for girls (58.8% girls from 1998 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (64.7% boys from 2001 to 2023).
For boys, Zaide reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #867) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zaide ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 29.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Zaide reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #972) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaide".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zaide. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.0% confident that Zaide is pronounced as zayd, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zaid, at 27.0% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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