Is Zayde a boy or girl name?

Zayde is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 532 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 8.1% were girls and 91.9% were boys.

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Zayde

Recorded 2002–2025 · United States

Zayde was most popular in 2022, when 53 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,432 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,565, with 32 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 532 people named Zayde.

Zayde over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zayde’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zayde a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zayde is mostly a boy’s name — 8.1% of the 532 Americans given it were girls and 91.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org