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Ziyad

Masculine · “increase”

1976high 2015
#2539 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare52 boys in 2025

Ziyad is increase in Arabic — an addition — and the word names the extra prayers added after the obligatory ones.

How old is the name Ziyad?

Ziyad first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Ziyad is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Ziyad are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Ziyad most popular?

Ziyad peaked in 2015, reaching #2276 nationally. Today it ranks #2539, 263 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Ziyad

Zada means to increase, and the root gives Zayd, Ziyad and Zaydan alike; ziyada names an addition, including the extra prayers beyond the obligatory. Ziyad ibn Abihi was an Umayyad governor of Iraq whose parentage was a scandal in its own right. The name is in current American use.

Meaning

increase, growth, addition

From the Arabic ziyada, 'increase' or 'addition', from zada, 'to increase' — the same root as Zayd. In religious usage ziyada names what is added beyond the required. The Arabic is ordinary and the reading undisputed.

How the name formed

  1. zada
  2. ziyada
  3. Ziyad

Related forms: زياد · Ziad · Ziyad

Pronouncing Ziyad

zee-YAHD

Two syllables, stress on the second. Ziad and Ziyad are said nearly identically.

Nicknames for Ziyad

Moderate

ZiziA reduplicated affectionate form, warm and used inside families
ZiThe front sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1976–202558290585219762025

US babies named Ziyad per year from 1976 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#22761970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1976
Most boys named
201558 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2276reached in 2015
Change vs 2024
+36.8%52 in 2025, from 38
Ziyad sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2015, with 58 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Ziyad in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • زياد in Arabic — transliteration
  • Ziad in English — spelling variant
  • Ziyad in Urdu — same name

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.

Ziyads among us

1,000

people named Ziyad are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 32,848 born in 2025 was named Ziyad

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Ziyad

#2539
Ziyad on the 2025 chart
#833
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ziyad went to 52 boys in 2025, but Ziad is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 95, which makes it the 833rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,706 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 17,980 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,848 for Ziyad 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

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Is it right for you

The Marwan test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ziyad's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marwan climbed just as high around 1974, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marwan's path sketches the road Ziyad is walking now.

40%chance Ziyad will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Ziyad, aligned on its peakMarwan· peak 1974not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+50 yrsMarwan · #2786Ziyad today
Ziyad today is about where Marwan stood in 1984 — 10 years past a #2277-sized peak. By 1999, Marwan had settled around #4539.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Ziyad 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 Ziyad is headed

19762030

US babies named Ziyad per year, 1976 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Ziyad should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-6% by 2030projected around #2,767 in 2030

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.

Ziyad beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Ziyad in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Ziyadthis name52#2539Ebenezer52#2539Luigi52#2539Mazen52#2539Yanis52#2539

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The increase meaning is transparent and warm.
  • That the root gives Zayd and Zaydan too is a genuinely good family.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
What to consider
  • Ziad and Ziyad are both in circulation.
  • It reads as specifically Arabic.
  • It will need spelling out every time.

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Frequently asked

How many Ziyads are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Ziyad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Ziyad?
Ziyad is the most-used spelling in US records — 52 of the 95 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ziad.
How popular is the name Ziyad in 2025?
Ziyad ranks #2539 among US boy names in 2025, with 52 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Ziyad?
About 1 in every 32,848 US boys born in 2025 was named Ziyad — 52 in all.
Will my child share the name Ziyad with classmates?
Ziyad will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Ziyad

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Ebenezer#2539 · Luigi#2539 · Mazen#2539 · Yanis#2539 · Mercer#2539 · Ramy#2539 · Konnor#2539 · Ruston#2539

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