Zaid
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAYD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #399 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #675 for boys
Zaid is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “growth, increase”. In 2025 it ranked 399th for boys in the UK (117 babies) and 675th for boys in the US (402 babies).
What does Zaid mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zayd
“growth, increase”
Zayd ibn Haritha, adopted son of the Prophet Muhammad, is the only companion named in the Quran.
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Is Zaid a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 117 boys in the UK and 402 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #399among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 117about 1 in 2,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 117 boys in the UK were named Zaid, making it the 399th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 585th.
2025 had the most boys named Zaid of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Zaid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 434 boys in the UK were given Zaid or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #149, up from #399 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 376th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.
Zaid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #399 |
| 2024 | 96 | #465 |
| 2023 | 68 | #606 |
| 2022 | 72 | #583 |
| 2021 | 63 | #649 |
| 2020 | 70 | #585 |
| 2019 | 69 | #601 |
| 2018 | 58 | #675 |
| 2017 | 60 | #657 |
| 2016 | 71 | #590 |
| 2015 | 65 | #615 |
| 2014 | 58 | #659 |
| 2013 | 55 | #676 |
| 2012 | 65 | #610 |
| 2011 | 63 | #606 |
| 2010 | 62 | #608 |
| 2009 | 70 | #544 |
| 2008 | 71 | #539 |
| 2007 | 81 | #467 |
| 2006 | 51 | #625 |
| 2005 | 58 | #527 |
| 2004 | 56 | #512 |
| 2003 | 42 | #603 |
| 2002 | 39 | #586 |
| 2001 | 37 | #576 |
| 2000 | 34 | #606 |
| 1999 | 25 | #736 |
| 1998 | 24 | #749 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Zaid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 402about 1 in 4,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 402 boys in the US were named Zaid, making it the 675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 669th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 475 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Zaid in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,013 boys in the US were given Zaid or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #341, up from #675 for this spelling alone.
Zaid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 402 | #675 |
| 2024 | 416 | #659 |
| 2023 | 367 | #723 |
| 2022 | 414 | #661 |
| 2021 | 407 | #665 |
| 2020 | 390 | #669 |
| 2019 | 425 | #635 |
| 2018 | 475 | #581 |
| 2017 | 303 | #773 |
| 2016 | 242 | #897 |
| 2015 | 249 | #888 |
| 2014 | 221 | #952 |
| 2013 | 232 | #897 |
| 2012 | 217 | #936 |
| 2011 | 183 | #1,037 |
| 2010 | 211 | #949 |
| 2009 | 200 | #988 |
| 2008 | 219 | #926 |
| 2007 | 188 | #1,015 |
| 2006 | 183 | #1,003 |
| 2005 | 164 | #1,025 |
| 2004 | 174 | #962 |
| 2003 | 159 | #996 |
| 2002 | 113 | #1,212 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,379 |
| 1999 | 72 | #1,542 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,582 |
| 1997 | 59 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 52 | #1,675 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Zaid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Hamza Musa Mustafa Zayaan Zayan Umar Khalid Ibrahim Amir
Other spellings of Zaid
Names related to Zaid
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Zaid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaid, updated 20 October 2026.