Zaida
Feminine · “abundant”
Zaida is Arabic for abundance, and it has a bearer in medieval Spanish history who is unusual enough to be worth knowing: a Muslim princess of Seville who became the consort of a Christian king of Castile.
How old is the name Zaida?
Zaida first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Zaida alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 3,600 people named Zaida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zaida most popular?
Zaida peaked in 1881, reaching #740 nationally. Today it ranks #2895, 2,155 places below that high. See the whole 1881 chart.
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Where it comes from
From zaida to Zaida
The story of Zaida
Zaida of Seville was a Muslim noblewoman who left al-Andalus during the upheavals of the eleventh century, converted, took the name Isabel, and became a consort of Alfonso VI of Castile — a real and much-argued-over figure whose story sits right on the seam between the two Spains. The name stayed in Spanish use, and it also traveled with Arabic wherever the language went. American records show it clearly in the late nineteenth century, arriving from Spanish-speaking families rather than directly from Arabic.
Meaning
abundant; increasing
Arabic zaida is the feminine of zaid, from zada, 'to increase, to grow, to add' — the same root behind Ziyad and Zayd. It means increase or surplus in the plain sense of more. The reading is transparent to Arabic speakers and is not in dispute. Spanish took the name during the centuries of Muslim rule and kept the spelling.
How the name formed
- zaida
- Zaida
Related forms: Zaida · Zaida · Zeyda
Pronouncing Zaida
ZY-dah
Two syllables, stress on the first, the opening rhyming with my in Spanish and Arabic alike. English speakers sometimes say ZAY-duh, which changes the first vowel.
Nicknames for Zaida
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most girls named
- 2010103 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #740reached in 1881
- Change vs 2023
- −29.3%58 in 2025, from 82
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Zaida in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Zaida in Arabic — transliteration
- Zaida in Spanish — same name
- Zeyda in Turkish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Zaidas among us
people named Zaida are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 27,712 born in 2025 was named Zaida
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Zaida
- #2895
- Zaida on the 2025 chart
- #846
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zaida went to 58 girls in 2025, but Zayda is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 114, which makes it the 846th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,049 places above the chart.
- Zaida58
- Zayda56
About 1 girl in 14,099 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,712 for Zaida itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Zaida sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Zaida is headed
Zaida should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Zaida beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zaida in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Arabic meaning and a genuinely interesting Spanish historical presence.
- Five letters, no silent ones, and easy for English speakers to say once heard.
- At home in Spanish and Arabic naming alike, which few short names manage.
- English speakers reach for ZAY-duh on first sight until corrected.
- Zaida, Zayda and Zaida all circulate and belong to slightly different traditions.
- It sits close to Zelda and Zaida and gets misheard as both.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zaidas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,600 people named Zaida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Zaida?
- Zaida is the most-used spelling in US records — 58 of the 114 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Zayda.
- How popular is the name Zaida in 2025?
- Zaida ranks #2895 among US girl names in 2025, with 58 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zaida?
- About 1 in every 27,712 US girls born in 2025 was named Zaida — 58 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zaida with classmates?
- Zaida will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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