girls:
1.4k births since 1975
#4319 (24th percentile)
boys:
8.2k births since 1974
#1300 (72nd percentile)
overall:
9.6k births since 1974
#2740 (65th percentile)
The name Zaire is the #2,740 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,616 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 64.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 64.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,300 (71.7% percentile) for all time with 8,204 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #4,319 (24.4% percentile) for all time with 1,412 births since 1975.
Zaire first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 1975 for girls). Birth data for Zaire is available in 48 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (47 years for boys and 39 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 Zaire has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 97.2% of babies named Zaire were boys.
For boys, Zaire reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 54.0% percentile (ranked #420) with 357 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 357 births per million (ranked 54.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zaire is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #420 (54.0% percentile) with 357 births per million.
For girls, Zaire reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 8.7% percentile (ranked #819) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 42 births per million (ranked 8.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zaire ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 26.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaire".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Zaire. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 24.1% confident that Zaire is pronounced as zire, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zah-IHR, at 18.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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