Ziyad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zee-YAD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #842 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,539 for boys
Ziyad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “increase, growth”. In 2025 it ranked 842nd for boys in the UK (42 babies) and 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Ziyad mean?
Arabic
“increase, growth”
The fuller spelling of Ziad, from Arabic ziyada, increase or abundance.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ziyad a girl's or a boy's name?
Ziyad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the UK and 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ziyad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 842nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 7,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the UK were named Ziyad, making it the 842nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st.
2025 had the most boys named Ziyad of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Ziyad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 45 boys in the UK were given Ziyad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #729, up from #842 for this spelling alone.
- Ziyad 42
- Ziyaad 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 782nd in England and Wales.
Ziyad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #842 |
| 2024 | 36 | #942 |
| 2023 | 38 | #913 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,024 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,230 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Ziyad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,539th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Ziyad, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Ziyad than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ziyad in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ziyad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 46 | #2,660 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Ziyad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayd, Ahmed, Zayaan, Zayan, Hamza, Musa, Abdullah, Umar, Mustafa, Zayyan, Fahad
Other spellings of Ziyad
Names related to Ziyad
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, “Ziyad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ziyad, updated 20 October 2026.