Zaire
Rank in 2025
#11932
recorded as girls
#503
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
608
girls 7 · boys 601
Peak year
2023
655 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
10,897
since 1974
Born a Zaire? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Zaire was most popular in 2023, when 655 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.38 per 1,000). In 2025, 601 babies were named Zaire, ranking #503 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 38%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 11932 | 601 | 503 |
| 2024 | 13 | 7967 | 655 | 470 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6169 | 655 | 466 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8542 | 615 | 496 |
| 2021 | 16 | 6967 | 557 | 529 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8406 | 542 | 526 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5612 | 498 | 560 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6792 | 389 | 656 |
| 2017 | 33 | 4304 | 317 | 746 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5622 | 305 | 779 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5653 | 254 | 873 |
| 2014 | 39 | 3848 | 238 | 904 |
| 2013 | 44 | 3513 | 220 | 927 |
| 2012 | 42 | 3711 | 209 | 962 |
| 2011 | 33 | 4353 | 224 | 904 |
| 2010 | 49 | 3306 | 222 | 910 |
| 2009 | 48 | 3409 | 238 | 883 |
| 2008 | 58 | 2995 | 257 | 845 |
| 2007 | 57 | 3047 | 268 | 801 |
| 2006 | 59 | 2916 | 248 | 819 |
| 2005 | 42 | 3509 | 211 | 870 |
| 2004 | 57 | 2808 | 173 | 967 |
| 2003 | 47 | 3131 | 205 | 845 |
| 2002 | 54 | 2780 | 182 | 891 |
| 2001 | 60 | 2540 | 140 | 1045 |
| 2000 | 83 | 1998 | 203 | 796 |
| 1999 | 81 | 1940 | 180 | 837 |
| 1998 | 68 | 2124 | 116 | 1105 |
| 1997 | 76 | 1914 | 128 | 1000 |
| 1996 | 64 | 2125 | 85 | 1292 |
| 1995 | 50 | 2516 | 63 | 1508 |
| 1994 | 33 | 3372 | 61 | 1531 |
| 1993 | 21 | 4671 | 28 | 2577 |
| 1992 | 14 | 6314 | 31 | 2362 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 21 | 2989 |
| 1990 | 10 | 7880 | 19 | 3166 |
| 1989 | 14 | 5836 | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 10 | 4450 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11325 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | 6612 | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 5 | 10210 | 10 | 3810 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9750 | 10 | 3614 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 13 | 3037 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7173 | 17 | 2450 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 7 | 4190 |
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- Virginia1.5×
- Mississippi1.5×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 13% · boys 87% across all years