Zahid
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAH-hid
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Zahid is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “ascetic, devout”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Zahid mean?
Arabic
“ascetic, devout”
From Arabic zuhd, renunciation of worldly pleasures; a zahid is a pious ascetic.
Is Zahid a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Zahid, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 26 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Zahid than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Zahid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Zahid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Zahid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Zahid, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Zahid than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Zahid in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zahid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 55 | #2,438 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Zahid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Zayd Ahmed Zayaan Ziyad Fahad Abdullah Zayan Musa Khalid Umar
Names related to Zahid
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zahid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahid, updated 20 October 2026.