# Zayd (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zayd/  
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 | 4,895 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,890 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,894, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 17,482 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 140 | 1,243 |
| 2012 | 123 | 1,375 |
| 2013 | 143 | 1,242 |
| 2014 | 165 | 1,152 |
| 2015 | 185 | 1,074 |
| 2016 | 171 | 1,133 |
| 2017 | 225 | 933 |
| 2018 | 248 | 883 |
| 2019 | 283 | 809 |
| 2020 | 301 | 780 |
| 2021 | 304 | 806 |
| 2022 | 356 | 730 |
| 2023 | 361 | 732 |
| 2024 | 397 | 684 |
| 2025 | 442 | 633 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 528 |
| 2012 | 86 | 460 |
| 2013 | 122 | 338 |
| 2014 | 109 | 374 |
| 2015 | 122 | 363 |
| 2016 | 128 | 362 |
| 2017 | 144 | 334 |
| 2018 | 161 | 301 |
| 2019 | 183 | 267 |
| 2020 | 176 | 266 |
| 2021 | 169 | 272 |
| 2022 | 199 | 240 |
| 2023 | 215 | 226 |
| 2024 | 250 | 201 |
| 2025 | 285 | 181 |

## People named Zayd

- Zayd ibn Thabit, Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator (c.610-c.660)
- Zayd ibn Arqam, Companion of Muhammad
- 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.