Zaire
Zaire is ranked 472nd among boys in 2024 (651 births). Its best rank was 466th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #472down 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6510.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023655 births
- Best rank
- #466in 2023
- Since 1974
- 10,284people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,859 boys have been named Zaire in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 655 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2020s alone account for 34%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,425 girls have also been given it, 14% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Zaire was the 466th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Zaire
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Erospeak 2022
- Jakaripeak 2024
- Aliaspeak 2023
- Jeriahpeak 2022
- Ramirpeak 2023
- Kailanpeak 2022
- Ariespeak 2024
- Mattiaspeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.