Zayed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAH-yed
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Zayed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “growing, abundant”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Zayed mean?
Arabic
“growing, abundant”
Borne by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founding president of the United Arab Emirates.
Is Zayed a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Zayed, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zayed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Zayed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Zayed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,049th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Zayed, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had more boys named Zayed than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Zayed in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zayed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
Names like Zayed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayd, Zayaan, Zayan, Musa, Ahmed, Hamza, Ziyad, Abdullah, Zayyan, Umar, Azaan
Names related to Zayed
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, “Zayed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayed, updated 20 October 2026.