Zayda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-duh
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Zayda is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
Where does Zayda come from?
Arabic: variant of Zaida, a Spanish name of Arabic origin
Is Zayda a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zayda, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Zayda than any year since 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Zayda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
How popular is Zayda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,957th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Zayda, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,808th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zayda than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Zayda in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Zayda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
- Zayda 56
- Zada 29
Zayda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 79 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2020 | 109 | #1,808 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,917 |
| 2016 | 100 | #1,986 |
| 2015 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,326 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 71 | #2,562 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 76 | #2,485 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,499 |
| 2004 | 77 | #2,261 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,411 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
Names like Zayda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hafsa, Hiba, Rahma, Ayah, Huda, Aaliyah, Zaha, Zoha, Abeeha, Safaa
Other spellings of Zayda
Names related to Zayda
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Zayda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayda, updated 20 October 2026.