Zai
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Zai is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
Where does Zai come from?
Short name with several possible sources, including Chinese and a short form of Zaid
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Is Zai a girl's or a boy's name?
Zai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Zai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Zai, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Zai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
How popular is Zai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Zai, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004. 6 girls were also named Zai in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Zai in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 21% of the babies named Zai in the US were girls.
Zai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Zai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Zayaan Musa Zayan Muhammad Zayyan Hamza Zayn Abdullah Umar Huzaifa Zakariya