girls:
5 births since 2020
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
4k births since 1974
#1927 (58th percentile)
overall:
4.1k births since 1974
#4307 (44th percentile)
The name Zayd is the #4,307 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,054 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 44.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,927 (58.0% percentile) for all time with 4,049 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2020.
Zayd first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 2020 for girls). Birth data for Zayd is available in 39 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (39 years for boys and 1 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 Zayd has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Zayd reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 36.3% percentile (ranked #581) with 197 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 197 births per million (ranked 36.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zayd is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #581 (36.3% percentile) with 197 births per million.
For girls, Zayd reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #940) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% 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 "Zayd".
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