Zaire

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zaire: Recorded since 1998, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #785, and it stood at #896 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#785highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Zaire's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2021	#5581

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 28 years from 1998 to 2025.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1000 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — 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 #896 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Zaire 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 Zaire in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	38	7 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	128	6 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Zaire 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 2 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #785 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Zaire'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#896	35	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified

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

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

Where Zaire is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Zaire, between 1998 and 2025, in 14 of those 28 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1998–2025	14	#896 in 2025
Republic of Ireland	2024	1	#785 in 2024

No registrar recorded it for 12 years after 1998; it appears again in 2011.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #785, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2025.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 26 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#896position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
26 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
35births registered in its largest year, 202525 to 49 births →

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.

Zaira · #432, 30y
Zairah · #1892, 17y
Zaiyan · #1984, 12y
Zak · #100, 32y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Abner · #785, 13y
Advay · #785, 16y
Ahan · #785, 15y
Ayansh · #785, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alp · #785, 21y
Dre · #785, 30y
Edoardo · #785, 28y
Lian · #785, 28y

Zaire was ranked #785 in Republic of 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.

Abbas#785
Abner#785
Achim#785
Adem#785

Zaire 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zaire without appearing here.

Zaire moved ahead of

Garry
In 2017 they stood at #4747 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #4749.
Isak
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #2052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #4749.
Barry
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #4001.
Grant
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #4001.

Moved the opposite way to Zaire

Aaron
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaire went from #2901 to #896 while Aaron went from #31 to #180.
Alan
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaire went from #2901 to #896 while Alan went from #196 to #539.
Alex
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaire went from #2901 to #896 while Alex went from #46 to #207.
Alexander
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaire went from #2901 to #896 while Alexander went from #19 to #40.

Moved the same way as Zaire

Albie
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaire went from #2901 to #896 and Albie from #716 to #21.
Alfie
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaire went from #2901 to #896 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaire went from #2901 to #896 and Alfred from #174 to #76.
Archie
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Zaire went from #2901 to #896 and Archie from #120 to #11.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #785 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zaire

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Popularity journey

Zaire by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zaire at a glance

What stands out in Zaire's record

Zaire by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Zaire and the names beside it

Zaire moved ahead of

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