Zeyad
Masculine · “growth”
Zeyad is increase in Arabic: growth, abundance, more of something than there was. It is a plain word given as a name, which is how a great many Arabic names work, and it has been in continuous use since before Islam.
How old is the name Zeyad?
Zeyad first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Zeyad is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Zeyad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zeyad most popular?
Zeyad peaked in 2017, reaching #3312 nationally. Today it ranks #5045, 1,733 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ziyad to Zeyad
The story of Zeyad
Names about increase and abundance are common across Arabic naming, given as a hope and as a thanks: Ziyad, Nasr, Barakat, Faraj. Ziyad was borne by figures of the early Islamic period and has been given continuously since across the whole Arabic-speaking world. Transliteration accounts for the variety in American records: Ziyad, Zeyad, Ziad and Zyad all write one Arabic word, and the spelling a family uses usually records which country's paperwork they passed through.
Meaning
growth; increase; abundance
Arabic ziyad, from the verb zada, to increase or grow. The same root gives the everyday word for more and the name Ziyada.
How the name formed
- ziyad
- Zeyad
Related forms: زياد · Ziad · Ziyad
Pronouncing Zeyad
zee-YAD
Two syllables with the stress at the end. Some families say ZEE-ad with the weight in front, and both are used in American households.
Nicknames for Zeyad
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
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 201734 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3312reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −17.4%19 in 2025, from 23
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.
Zeyad in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- زياد in Arabic — transliteration
- Ziad in English — spelling variant
- Ziyad in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Zeyads among us
people named Zeyad are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 89,899 born in 2025 was named Zeyad
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jaydee test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zeyad's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jaydee climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jaydee's path sketches the road Zeyad is walking now.
Zeyad 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
Zeyad beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zeyad in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a single positive word, documented and easy to state.
- Five letters and two syllables make it quick to write and to say.
- It is recognized across the whole Arabic-speaking world.
- Ziyad, Ziad and Zeyad are all standard transliterations, so records within a family may differ.
- English speakers may read the ey as a long a, which changes the sound.
- It is short enough to offer no formal register to move up to.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zeyads are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Zeyad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zeyad in 2025?
- Zeyad ranks #5045 among US boy names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zeyad?
- About 1 in every 89,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Zeyad — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zeyad with classmates?
- Zeyad will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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