# Ziyad (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ziyad/  
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 | 1,052 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,052 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 508, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِيَاد (ziyād).

## 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 | 47 | 2,625 |
| 2012 | 45 | 2,715 |
| 2013 | 36 | 3,120 |
| 2014 | 54 | 2,401 |
| 2015 | 58 | 2,299 |
| 2016 | 46 | 2,688 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,005 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,300 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,051 |
| 2020 | 53 | 2,466 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,072 |
| 2022 | 42 | 3,002 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,115 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,214 |
| 2025 | 52 | 2,571 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,281 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 31 | 967 |
| 2023 | 36 | 874 |
| 2024 | 36 | 880 |
| 2025 | 42 | 782 |

## People named Ziyad

- Ziyad ibn Abihi, arab Administrator, Governor and Statesman
- Ziyad ibn Salih al-Khuza'i, 8th-century Abbasid military commander

## 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.