Zaid

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zaid: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zaid: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #404, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#404highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#818
1997	#661
1998	#716
1999	#697
2000	#579
2001	#524
2002	#559
2003	#586
2004	#477
2005	#506
2006	#574
2007	#441
2008	#496
2009	#514
2010	#560
2011	#557
2012	#577
2013	#655
2014	#624
2015	#577
2016	#558
2017	#635
2018	#629
2019	#552
2020	#544
2021	#618
2022	#548
2023	#561
2024	#434

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #434 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #818 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Zaid appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,572 births with the name.

Zaid across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Zaid's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#818 (1996)	#434 (2024)	#434 (2024)	29 of 29	1,572 (1996–2024)	93 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#623 (2011)	#623 (2011)	#676 (2025)	10 of 15	33 (2011–2025)	4 (2011)

Zaid by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zaid in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	90	4 of 10	23
2000s	520	10 of 10	52
2010s	604	10 of 10	60
2020sbusiest	358	5 of 10	72

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 72 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 27, from 51 to 78.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zaid appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #404 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Zaid's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#434	93	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#561	67	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#548	70	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#618	60	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#544	68	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#552	68	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#629	57	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#635	56	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#558	67	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#577	64	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#624	55	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#655	51	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#577	62	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#557	63	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#560	61	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#514	68	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#496	70	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#441	78	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#574	51	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#506	54	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#477	55	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#586	38	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#559	37	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#524	37	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#579	32	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#697	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#661	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#818	18	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #404, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 93 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Zahrah · #732, 29y
Zahran · #2320, 11y
Zaida · #3218, 12y
Zaidan · #1187, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aydin · #404, 29y
Royce · #404, 27y
Codey · #403, 28y
Edan · #403, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Albi · #404, 26y
Augustus · #404, 29y
Aydin · #404, 29y
Blayne · #404, 23y

Zaid was ranked #404 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zaid and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zaid without appearing here.

Zaid moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #716 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #697 and #1082.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1999 they stood at #697 and #621 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #579 and #881.
Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #716 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #697 and #973.
Garry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #818 and #573 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #661 and #914.

Moved ahead of Zaid

Brodie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #623 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #430.
Beau Compare
In 2011 they stood at #623 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #457.
Teddy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #623 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #500.
Oskar Compare
In 1997 they stood at #661 and #759 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #716 and #502.

Moved the opposite way to Zaid

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaid went from #818 to #434 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaid went from #818 to #434 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaid went from #818 to #434 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaid went from #818 to #434 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Zaid

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaid went from #818 to #434 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaid went from #818 to #434 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaid went from #818 to #434 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaid went from #818 to #434 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #404 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zaid

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Popularity journey

Zaid across 2 official records

Zaid by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zaid across 2 official records

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