# Zaid (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zaid/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,460 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,460 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,682, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْد (zayd).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 183 | 1,041 |
| 2012 | 217 | 941 |
| 2013 | 232 | 901 |
| 2014 | 221 | 958 |
| 2015 | 249 | 889 |
| 2016 | 242 | 900 |
| 2017 | 303 | 775 |
| 2018 | 475 | 581 |
| 2019 | 425 | 635 |
| 2020 | 390 | 669 |
| 2021 | 407 | 666 |
| 2022 | 414 | 662 |
| 2023 | 367 | 726 |
| 2024 | 416 | 661 |
| 2025 | 402 | 677 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 63 | 557 |
| 2012 | 62 | 577 |
| 2013 | 51 | 655 |
| 2014 | 55 | 624 |
| 2015 | 64 | 577 |
| 2016 | 67 | 558 |
| 2017 | 56 | 635 |
| 2018 | 57 | 629 |
| 2019 | 68 | 552 |
| 2020 | 68 | 544 |
| 2021 | 60 | 618 |
| 2022 | 70 | 548 |
| 2023 | 67 | 561 |
| 2024 | 93 | 434 |
| 2025 | 110 | 376 |

## People named Zaid

- Zaid al-Rifai, former Prime Minister of Jordan (1936–2024)
- Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player (born 1946)
- Zaid Romero, Argentine association football player
- Zaid Shakir, American Islamic scholar
- Zayd ibn Ali, Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
- Abu Talha al-Ansari, companion of Muhammad

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.