Ziyad
Ziyad was the 2571st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2299th with 58 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 272 places. More babies were named Ziyad in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,571 boys, down 105 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 52boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201558 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,052babies recorded
Ziyad popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,571 | 52 |
| 2020 | #2,466 | 53 |
| 2010 | #2,873 | 42 |
| 2000 | #4,388 | 18 |
| 1990 | #9,490 | 5 |
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How popular is Ziyad, counting every spelling?
Ziyad is the most common spelling of a name family that had 95 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 95 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ziyad | 52 | #2,571 | 212 |
| Ziad | 43 | #2,940 | 162 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ziyad?
52 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ziyad (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ziyad born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 161 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ziyad.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ziyad?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Ziyad are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 19. That makes Ziyad a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ziyad by state
How common Ziyad was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Ziyad: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ziyad, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Ziyad
How popular is the name Ziyad?
Ziyad was the 2571st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2299th with 58 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 272 places. More babies were named Ziyad in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Ziyad a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Ziyad in the US.
Where is Ziyad most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ziyad was most common in Michigan (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Pennsylvania and New York.